Spencer Horsey de Horsey (1790 – 20 May 1860), known until 1832 as Spencer Horsey Kilderbee, was a British

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politician. He sat in the

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between 1829 and 1841.

Family

He was the son of the Rev. Samuel Kilderbee, DD, rector of Campsey Ash, and his wife Caroline, the only daughter (and heir) of Samuel Horsey from

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. In 1824, at

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, he was married to Lady Louisa Rous, youngest daughter of

John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke (30 May 1750 – 27 August 1827), known as Sir John Rous, Bt, from 1771 to 1796 and as The Lord Rous from 1796 to 1821, was a British nobleman, race horse owner and Member of Parliament. He married Charlotte Mari ...

, by whom he was the father of

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(born 1827), William Henry Beaumont de Horsey (born 1826) and Adeline Louisa Maria de Horsey (born 1824). He died at his house in

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, but also lived at 8, Upper Grosvenor Street,

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(from 1830 to 1858) and at

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. He was buried in the Kilderbee family vault in St. Mary's Churchyard, Carisbrooke on 25 May 1860.

Career

He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for

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at a by-election in May 1829, and held the seat until the 1830 general election, when he was returned for Orford, also in Suffolk. He was re-elected in

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, and held the seat until the 1832 general election, when the borough was disenfranchised under the

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. In April 1832 he changed his name by Royal Licence to Spencer Horsey de Horsey, after his mother's

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. He returned to

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after a five-year absence when he was elected at the 1837 general election as MP for the

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. He held the seat until the 1841 general election, when he did not stand again.

References

Sources

* Death notice in ''

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'', 1860, online at

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External links

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