Donald Spence Jones

The Very Revd Henry Donald Maurice Spence DD (Spence Jones from 1904; 14 January 1836. Pall Mall, London - 2 November 1917) was an Anglican dean and author in the last decades of the 19th century and the start of the 20th.^[1][2]

The son of the barrister and Chancery reformer George Spence, he was educated at Westminster School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,^[3] and ordained in 1865.^[4] He was a Lecturer in Hebrew at St David's College, Lampeter until 1870 when he became Rector of St Mary de Crypt, Gloucester.^[5] From 1877 to 1886 he was Rural Dean of St Pancras^[6] when he became Dean of Gloucester, a post he held until his death. As Dean, he banned performances of Edward Elgar's choral work The Dream of Gerontius from Gloucester Cathedral from 1900 until 1910 because of Roman Catholic references in its text.^[7] He adopted, additionally, the surname Jones (his wife's maiden name) in 1904.^[3]

Works

• Talmudical Commentary on Genesis, 1883
• Cloister Life in Days of Cœur de Lion, 1892
• The Church of England: a History for the People (4 vols), 1904
• The Early Christians in Rome, 1910
• "The Pulpit Commentary", 1909–1919

Notes

Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry Montagu Butler	Dean of Gloucester 1886–1917	Succeeded by Henry Gee

v t e Deans of Gloucester Early modern William Jennings John Man Thomas Cooper Lawrence Humphrey Anthony Rudd Griffith Lewis Thomas Moreton Richard Field William Laud Richard Senhouse Thomas Winniffe George Warburton Accepted Frewen William Brough Thomas Vyner Robert Frampton Thomas Marshall William Jane Knightly Chetwood John Waugh John Frankland Peter Allix Daniel Newcombe Josiah Tucker Late modern John Luxmoore John Plumptre Edward Rice Henry Law Edward Bickersteth Montagu Butler Donald Spence Jones Henry Gee Harold Costley-White Seiriol Evans Gilbert Thurlow Kenneth Jennings Nicholas Bury Stephen Lake

v t e Diocese of Gloucester Gloucester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Gloucester Church House, Gloucester Office holders The Bishop of Gloucester, Michael Perham The Bishop suffragan of Tewkesbury, Martyn Snow AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet The Dean of Gloucester, Stephen Lake The Archdeacon of Cheltenham, Robert Springett The Archdeacon of Gloucester, Jackie Searle Historic offices Archdeacon of Cirencester (1882–1919; renamed to Archdeacon of Cheltenham)

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Persondata
Name	Spence-Jones, Henry Donald Maurice
Alternative names	Spence, Henry Donald Maurice
Short description	Dean of Gloucester
Date of birth	14 January 1836
Place of birth
Date of death	2 November 1917
Place of death