Background
The son of the barrister and Chancery reformer George Spence, he was born at Pall Mall, London and educated at Westminster School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1865.
The son of the barrister and Chancery reformer George Spence, he was born at Pall Mall, London and educated at Westminster School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1865.
Corpus Christi College. Westminster School; University of Wales.
He was a Lecturer in Hebrew at Street David"s College, Lampeter until 1870 when he became Rector of Street Mary de Crypt, Gloucester. From 1877 to 1886 he was Rural Dean of Street Pancras when he became Dean of Gloucester, a post he held until his death. As Dean, he banned performances of Edward Elgar"s choral work The Dream of Gerontius from Gloucester Cathedral from 1900 until 1910 because of Roman Catholic references in its text.
He adopted, additionally, the surname Jones (his wife"s maiden name) in 1904.
At some point he became a Doctor of Divinity (Doctor of Divinity).