Springs and Spring-Rices
Two branches of the Spring family of Lavenham: the Springs of Pakenham, Suffolk, and the Spring-Rices of Ireland.
- Sir William Spring of Lavenham (died 1599), High Sheriff of Suffolk (1578 and 1579), MP for Suffolk (1570)
- Sir William Spring of Ridenhall (died 1637), High Sheriff and MP for Suffolk, son of Sir William Spring of Lavenham
- Sir William Spring, 1st Baronet of Pakenham (1613–1654), MP for Bury St Edmunds (1646–8) and Suffolk (1654), High Sheriff of Suffolk (1641)
- Sir William Spring, 2nd Baronet (1642–1684), MP for Suffolk (1679–1684), exclusionist and early Whig, son of the 1st Baronet
- Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790–1866), Whig Chancellor of the Exchequer (1835–9)
- Thomas Rice, 2nd Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1849–1926), politician, grandson of the 1st Baron
- Thomas Spring Rice, 3rd Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1883–1934), diplomat, son of the 2nd Baron
- Francis Spring Rice, 4th Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1852–1937), politician, uncle of the 3rd Baron
- Gerald Spring Rice, 6th Baron Monteagle of Brandon (b.1926), former Conservative peer, grandson of the 4th Baron
- Francis Spring Rice, 4th Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1852–1937), politician, uncle of the 3rd Baron
- Thomas Spring Rice, 3rd Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1883–1934), diplomat, son of the 2nd Baron
- Sir Cecil Spring-Rice (1859–1918), British Ambassador to the United States from 1912 to 1918, grandson of 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon
- Thomas Rice, 2nd Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1849–1926), politician, grandson of the 1st Baron
- Richard Spring, Baron Risby, former Conservative MP for Bury St Edmunds (1983–1997) and West Suffolk (1997–2010), Conservative life peer.
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