Sir Alexander Young Spearman, 1st Baronet, PC (13 September 1793 – 20 November 1874) was a British civil servant.
According to a later assessment, he was "one of the most remarkable public servants of his age, who did much to establish the reputation of the Civil Service and to influence its traditions in the critical phase of its development in the nineteenth century.
"[1] Spearman was born in Pentridge, Dorset, the eldest son of Major Alexander Young Spearman, RA (1762–1808), of Thornley, Durham, and Agnes, daughter of James Morton, of Bonar Hill, Lanarkshire.
Spearman joined the public service in 1808, aged fifteen, as deputy assistant commissary-general.
He also served as deputy chairman of the Public Works Loan Board and as one of the commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851.