Isaac Spooner

Isaac Spooner (c.1735–1816)^[1]^[2] was an English ironmaster, nail manufacturer and banker.

Life[]

Elmdon Hall, 1863 engraving

The son of Abraham Spooner and Anne Knight, he went into the family iron business based around a furnace at Aston, in the Birmingham area. In 1791 he founded a bank with Matthias Attwood the elder, known then as the Birmingham Bank, and in 1801 it opened a London branch, Spooner, Attwood & Holman.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5] His views were evangelical and abolitionist.^[6]

Legacy[]

Spooner owned an estate of over 2000 acres at Elmdon, and he completed Elmdon Hall, started by his father, in 1795.^[7]^[8] The bank Attwood, Spooner & Co. failed in 1865.^[9] The Hall was demolished in 1956.^[8]

Elmdon Park today

Family[]

Spooner married Barbara Gough, sister of Henry Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baron Calthorpe.^[10] They had children including:

Abraham, who married the daughter of Luke Lillingston of Ferriby Grange. and took the name Abraham Spooner Lillingston.^[11]
Isaac, who married Miss Tyler of Redland in 1807.^[12]^[13]
Barbara Ann, who married William Wilberforce.^[10]
Anne, who married Edward Vansittart, son of George Vansittart and vicar of Taplow, as his second wife, and was mother of Edward Vansittart Neale.^[14]^[15]^[16]
Henry^[17]
William, who became Archdeacon of Coventry.^[6]^[18]^[19]
Richard, who was a member of parliament. He married Charlotte, daughter of Nathan Wetherell.^[1]
John, who was a clergyman.^[20]

There were nine in all, with the unmarried Eliza;^[21] or ten.^[4] Richard is said to be the ninth child in an 1885 Life of Thomas Attwood.^[22]

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Spooner, Richard (1783–1864), of Glindon House, Warws., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ The New Monthly Magazine. s.n. 1816. p. 569.
^ 'Parishes: Elmdon', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 4, Hemlingford Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1947), pp. 67–69 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol4/pp67-69 [accessed 17 June 2015].
^ ^a ^b John Pollock (20 December 2013). Wilberforce. David C. Cook. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-7814-1109-7.
^ "Attwood, Matthias (1779–1851), of Gracechurch Street, London and Dulwich Hill House, Surr., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b David Newsome (1966). The Parting of Friends: The Wilberforces and Henry Manning. Gracewing Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-8028-3714-1.
^ Edmund Richardson (7 February 2013). Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity. Cambridge University Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-139-62010-9.
^ ^a ^b "Elmdon history, http://www.solihull.gov.uk/". Retrieved 17 June 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
^ The Annual Register. Rivingtons. 1866. p. 28.
^ ^a ^b Wolffe, John. "Wilberforce, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29386. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year. J. Dodsley. 1807. p. 60.
^ "Spooner, Isaac (SPNR791I)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ John Aikin (1807). The Athenaeum: A Magazine of Literary and Miscellaneous Information. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. p. 306.
^ Lee, Matthew. "Neale, Edward Vansittart". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19820. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ The Monthly Magazine. R. Phillips. 1809. p. 311.
^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Neale, Edward Vansittart" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ Rugby School Register. From 1675 to 1867 inclusive. With alphabetical index. Edited by F. Temple, Bishop of Exeter. 1867. p. 39.
^ Rugby School (1867). Rugby School Register: From 1675 to 1867 Inclusive. Billington. p. 42.
^ Sylvanus Urban (pseud. van Edward Cave.) (1857). Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Edward Cave. p. 465.
^ "Spooner, John (SPNR805J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ John Burke (1836). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours. Colburn. p. 185.
^ Wakefield, C. M. (1885). "Life of Thomas Attwood". Internet Archive. London: Harrison. p. 15. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

External links[]

landedfamilies.blogspot.co.uk, Alston of Elmdon Hall

[Casey-1] "Spooner, Richard (1783–1864), of Glindon House, Warws., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[2] The New Monthly Magazine. s.n. 1816. p. 569.

[3] 'Parishes: Elmdon', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 4, Hemlingford Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1947), pp. 67–69 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol4/pp67-69 [accessed 17 June 2015].

[Pollock-4] John Pollock (20 December 2013). Wilberforce. David C. Cook. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-7814-1109-7.

[5] "Attwood, Matthias (1779–1851), of Gracechurch Street, London and Dulwich Hill House, Surr., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[Newsome1966-6] David Newsome (1966). The Parting of Friends: The Wilberforces and Henry Manning. Gracewing Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-8028-3714-1.

[7] Edmund Richardson (7 February 2013). Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity. Cambridge University Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-139-62010-9.

[Hist-8] "Elmdon history, http://www.solihull.gov.uk/". Retrieved 17 June 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)

[9] The Annual Register. Rivingtons. 1866. p. 28.

[Wolffe-10] Wolffe, John. "Wilberforce, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29386. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[11] The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year. J. Dodsley. 1807. p. 60.

[12] "Spooner, Isaac (SPNR791I)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[13] John Aikin (1807). The Athenaeum: A Magazine of Literary and Miscellaneous Information. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. p. 306.

[14] Lee, Matthew. "Neale, Edward Vansittart". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19820. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[15] The Monthly Magazine. R. Phillips. 1809. p. 311.

[16] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Neale, Edward Vansittart" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[17] Rugby School Register. From 1675 to 1867 inclusive. With alphabetical index. Edited by F. Temple, Bishop of Exeter. 1867. p. 39.

[18] Rugby School (1867). Rugby School Register: From 1675 to 1867 Inclusive. Billington. p. 42.

[19] Sylvanus Urban (pseud. van Edward Cave.) (1857). Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Edward Cave. p. 465.

[20] "Spooner, John (SPNR805J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[21] John Burke (1836). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours. Colburn. p. 185.

[22] Wakefield, C. M. (1885). "Life of Thomas Attwood". Internet Archive. London: Harrison. p. 15. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

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