Talk:Richard Spencer (Royalist)

Possible Record for longest delay before making comeback in the Commons

I have discovered through reading his article in the History of Parliament that his period out of service in the Commons lasted from the close of the parliament of 1628 (10 March 1629) to commencing his last period of service, for Rye, on 6 May 1661 - a hiatus of 32 years 57 days. Can anyone find a longer interval? (The longest hiatus since parliaments sat regularly from the end of the 17th century was the 31 years of William Allen from 1900 to 1931.)Cloptonson (talk) 22:38, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

I have discovered that Sir William Ayscough also had 32 years, and more months than Spencer, in the Commons wilderness (1648-1681).Cloptonson (talk) 21:29, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Disambiguation

There is currently a discussion at Talk:Richard B. Spencer#Requested move 2 November 2017 regarding whether Richard B. Spencer should be moved to Richard Spencer per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.) --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 00:30, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

"English politician" is not a good disambiguator for this person, since there have been two other English MPs called Richard Spencer, one of them in the 20th century. How about "Royalist"? PatGallacher (talk) 20:52, 13 May 2020 (UTC)