On William Speer the younger b abt 1765, snippets:
- JP
Votes in Westminster Elections 1818
MF Burdett ( a reformer!) WILLIAM SPEER, St Margaret, Westminster, and St John the Evangelist
But normally like his father a Tory:
The Standard (London, England), Monday, September 03, 1838; Issue 4431
Grand Conservative Dinner - Kingston on Thames
The Mayor of this borough entertained a large party of the neighbouring magistrates and gentry to a sumptuous dinner at the Griffin Inn, on Friday. Amongst the guests were ...... Mr. W Speer...... On the Duke of Wellington's health being proposed, the most enthusiastic feelings were demonstrated
Parliamentary records (tantalising!):
1813:
OCCASIONAL PAYMENTS:
Home Secret Service .
10,000. 0. 0
Special Service and Royal Bounty
Colonel Herbert Taylor ...
Henry Norton Willis, Esq.
William Speer, Esq.
1815
William Speer, Esq. to pay Bills drawn by the Duke of Wellington, towards the purchase of a House at Paris, for the residence of His Majesty's Ambassador
LONDON GAZETTE, Saturday, Nov. 15 1817. William Speer of Thames Ditton nominated for Sheriff (as one of three in Surrey) by the Lords of the Council at the Exchequer, and:
appointed as Sheriff for Surrey by the Prince Regent for the year 1819 (The Times, Friday, Feb 12, 1819)