William Spence (architect)

William Spence (1806 - 22 June 1883) was an architect based in Glasgow.

[1] He was born in 1806 at Carstairs, the second son of John Spence (1775-1849) (shoemaker) and Margaret Kane (1778-1820).

[2] He married Margaret Field (1824-1879) on 12 December 1843 at Barony, Lanark and they had five children: He died on 22 June 1883[3] at Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.

In 1857 he was commissioned for a feuing plan to develop the upper areas of Helensburgh.

[4] His wife Margaret died in 1879[5] and this may have prompted him to retire at the end of the same year.