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|birth_date = 28 March 1856
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|birth_place = [[St George Hanover Square]], [[London]], England
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|death_place = [[Dorking]], [[Surrey]], England
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'''Stephen Edward Spring Rice''', {{post-nominals|CB}} (28 March 1856 – 6 September 1902) was a British civil servant and academic.
'''Stephen Edward Spring Rice''' {{postnom|country=GBR|CB}} (28 March 1856 – 6 September 1902) was a British civil servant and academic.


==Background and early life==
==Background and early life==
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==Family==
==Family==
Spring Rice married on 12 January 1888 Julia FitzGerald, a daughter of [[Sir Peter FitzGerald, 19th Knight of Kerry]].<ref>'Spring Rice, Stephen Edward' in ''The Eton College Register, 1871-1880 : Alphabetically Arranged and Edited With Biographical Notes'' (Part IV, Spottiswoode & Co., 1907)</ref> They had a son, Edward Dominck Spring Rice, and a daughter, Mary Honora Spring Rice.<ref>ThePeerage.com (entry #172282) http://www.thepeerage.com/p17229.htm</ref>
Spring Rice married Julia FitzGerald, a daughter of [[Sir Peter FitzGerald, 19th Knight of Kerry]], on 12 January 1888.<ref>'Spring Rice, Stephen Edward' in ''The Eton College Register, 1871-1880 : Alphabetically Arranged and Edited With Biographical Notes'' (Part IV, Spottiswoode & Co., 1907)</ref> They had a son, Edward Dominck Spring Rice, and a daughter, Mary Honora Spring Rice.<ref>ThePeerage.com (entry #172282) http://www.thepeerage.com/p17229.htm</ref>


Spring Rice died of an illness at Abinger-hall, [[Dorking]], on 6 September 1902, at the age of 46,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Obituary - S. E. Spring Rice|day_of_week=Monday |date=8 September 1902 |page_number=8 |issue=36867| }}</ref> and was buried in the parish church at Watermillock. He is also commemorated by a memorial bridge at [[Aira Force]] with his brothers Gerald and Cecil.
Spring Rice died of an illness at Abinger Hall in [[Dorking]] on 6 September 1902 at the age of 46<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Obituary - S. E. Spring Rice|date=8 September 1902 |page=8 |issue=36867| }}</ref> and was buried at [[All Saints Church, Watermillock]]. He is also commemorated by a memorial bridge at [[Aira Force]] with his brothers Gerald and Cecil.


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Latest revision as of 22:14, 8 February 2024

Stephen Spring Rice
CB
Born28 March 1856
St George Hanover Square, London, England
Died6 September 1902(1902-09-06) (aged 46)
Dorking, Surrey, England
Resting placeAll Saints Church, Watermillock
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Occupations
  • Civil servant
  • Academic
Spouse
Julia FitzGerald
​
(m. 1888)​
Children2

Stephen Edward Spring Rice CB (28 March 1856 – 6 September 1902) was a British civil servant and academic.

Background and early life

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Spring Rice was the son of the Hon. Charles William Thomas Spring Rice, a civil servant in the Foreign Office, and Elizabeth Margaret Marshall. He was the grandson of the Whig politician, Lord Monteagle of Brandon and the brother of the diplomat, Sir Cecil Spring Rice. He was brought up near Watermillock on the shore of Ullswater. Spring Rice was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, and became a fellow of the college in 1879.[1]

Career

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He entered HM Treasury in 1878 and was Private Secretary to successive Financial Secretaries to the Treasury between 1881 and 1888.[2][3] Spring Rice became Private Secretary to Sir William Harcourt when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer for the first time in 1886.[4][5] In 1894, he became Principal Clerk in the Treasury and was given the additional role of Auditor of the Civil List in 1899.

He was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) and was a contributor to the Encyclopædia Britannica.

Family

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Spring Rice married Julia FitzGerald, a daughter of Sir Peter FitzGerald, 19th Knight of Kerry, on 12 January 1888.[6] They had a son, Edward Dominck Spring Rice, and a daughter, Mary Honora Spring Rice.[7]

Spring Rice died of an illness at Abinger Hall in Dorking on 6 September 1902 at the age of 46[8] and was buried at All Saints Church, Watermillock. He is also commemorated by a memorial bridge at Aira Force with his brothers Gerald and Cecil.

References

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  1. ^ 'Spring Rice, Stephen Edward' in The Eton College Register, 1871-1880 : Alphabetically Arranged and Edited With Biographical Notes (Part IV, Spottiswoode & Co., 1907)
  2. ^ 'Spring Rice, Stephen Edward' in The Eton College Register, 1871-1880 : Alphabetically Arranged and Edited With Biographical Notes (Part IV, Spottiswoode & Co., 1907)
  3. ^ The Edinburgh Gazette (Issue 8910, 5 July 1878), 510 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/8910/page/510
  4. ^ J.C. Sainty, Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 1: Treasury Officials 1660-1870 (1972), 135-161.
  5. ^ 'Spring Rice, Stephen Edward' in The Eton College Register, 1871-1880 : Alphabetically Arranged and Edited With Biographical Notes (Part IV, Spottiswoode & Co., 1907)
  6. ^ 'Spring Rice, Stephen Edward' in The Eton College Register, 1871-1880 : Alphabetically Arranged and Edited With Biographical Notes (Part IV, Spottiswoode & Co., 1907)
  7. ^ ThePeerage.com (entry #172282) http://www.thepeerage.com/p17229.htm
  8. ^ "Obituary - S. E. Spring Rice". The Times. No. 36867. London. 8 September 1902. p. 8.
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