WM missionary in India, born in Calcutta, the son of William Marshman Spencer (1856-1935; e.m. 1879; missionary in the Bengal District 1880-1892). He was educated at Kingswood School and Headingley College and shone as an athlete. His ministry at Sarenga 1911-32 and then in Calcutta was marked by his special concern for the poor and for Indian national aspirations. His strong leadership was in evidence in the crisis summer of 1942, especially in the support he gave to Burma and China missionaries at that time. He died in Calcutta on 14 April 1943.

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