Papers of Bernard Spencer 1929-1982

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Papers of Bernard Spencer 1929-1982

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eng,

Reading University : Special Collections Services

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Spencer Bernard 1918-1963

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Spencer, Bernard, 1909-

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Bernard Spencer was born in 1909 in Madras where his father, Sir Charles Gordon Spencer, was a High Court Judge. Bernard's health was delicate so at the age of 18 months he was sent back to England to join his older sister and brother. They were brought up by a variety of clergy relatives and guardians in Southampton, Oxfordshire and Gosport. In 1923 Bernard followed his brother to Marlborough and managed to pursue his interest in poetry and drawing in the company of John Betjeman a...