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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Famous quotes containing the word springs:
“The glance is natural magic. The mysterious communication established across a house between two entire strangers, moves all the springs of wonder. The communication by the glance is in the greatest part not subject to the control of the will. It is the bodily symbol of identity with nature. We look into the eyes to know if this other form is another self, and the eyes will not lie, but make a faithful confession what inhabitant is there.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)