Spencer Perceval (junior)

Spencer Perceval (11 September 1795 – 16 September 1859) was a British Member of Parliament, the eldest son of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval and Jane Wilson. He was also one of the twelve "apostles" recognized by the movement associated with Edward Irving and known as the Catholic Apostolic Church.

Perceval married Anna Eliza Macleod, and had several children. One daughter, Eleanor Irving Perceval (d. 1879), married Sir Alexander Matheson, 1st Baronet. One of his grandsons was Sir Edward Marsh.

Another of his children, John Spencer Perceval, served as a Lieutenant in the 1st Waikato Regiment during the Waikato War in New Zealand. He was killed in action during the skirmish at Titi Hill, near Mauku. After he fell, several of his men attempted to move him from the field, but he wouldn't allow this and told the men to "Leave me alone; revenge my death."[1]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William FitzGerald
Member of Parliament for Ennis
18181820
Succeeded by
Sir Ross Mahon
Preceded by
William Henry John Scott
William Lamb
Member of Parliament for Newport
18271831
With: William Henry John Scott 1827–1830
Horace Twiss 1830–1831
Succeeded by
William Mount
James Joseph Hope-Vere
Preceded by
Viscount Sandon
Granville Dudley Ryder
Member of Parliament for Tiverton
18311832
With: Granville Dudley Ryder
Succeeded by
John Heathcoat
James Kennedy
Political offices
Preceded by
The Marquess of Buckingham
Teller of the Exchequer
1813–1834
Office abolished
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir George Clerk, Bt
Clerk of the Ordnance
1828–1830
Succeeded by
Charles Tennyson


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