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Stanley Spooner
Stanley Spooner (20 November 1856 – 3 April 1940) was an English editor and journalist.
Spooner was originally the creator and editor of an automobile journal in 1896 called The Automotor And Horseless Vehicle Journal. The title was changed to The Automotor Journal, in April 1902. In January 1909, he was the creator and editor of the first aeronautical weekly magazine in the world called Flight, now titled Flight International. After the success of Flight, his Automotor Journal was renamed The Auto. He was made a Freeman of the City of London, and a liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers, on 15 January 1929.
Stanley Spooner was born at Campbell Lodge, in Rosherville, Northfleet, England, on 20 November 1856. The birth was registered on 1 January 1857. He was the youngest son of Frederick William Spooner, an accountant, and his wife Sarah Ann (formerly Janes). Stanley had four sisters, three brothers, and one half-brother. His half-brother was born on 9 September 1837, at 113, Britannia Street, just off City Road in Hoxton, and was given the same name as Stanley's father.
His father was a Freemason, who in 1854 was elected as the Worshipful Master of Enoch Lodge (No.11). Stanley would also later become a Freemason. Frederick was an auditor and accountant of various different companies. Stanley himself would later become an accountant before he became a stockbroker.
Frederick William Spooner had moved his family to Gravesend by October 1863. Catherine Sarah Spooner, his oldest daughter, was married to Thomas Toller Hurst Daniell. Stanley would later work with Thomas. On 2 and 3 October 1873, Spooner was a Steward at a Bazaar held at the Assembly Rooms in Gravesend. This Bazaar was held on behalf of St. James's Schools. It was opened by Lady Darnley the wife of John Bligh, 6th Earl of Darnley.
He was educated at King's College London, and also in France and Germany.
In 1876 Stanley was a Clerk to an accountant with offices off Cannon Street, London. In 1875 Robert took up the position of accountant of the Co-operative Credit Bank, Queen Victoria Street, London. On 5 February 1876, Stanley was called as a witness at the Mansion House, London in the trial of Richard Banner Oakley, manager of the Co-operative Credit Bank. Richard was accused of obtaining money and securities through false pretenses.
He became a Freemason, and was initiated into the Chiltern Lodge (no. 1470), on 21 December 1880. In the 1881 Census, Stanley was a "Newspaper Advertising Manager." When the Constitutional Club was formed in 1883, he was one of its original members. Stanley was initiated into the Anglo-American Lodge (no. 2191), in 1889. He then applied to be a member of the Stock Exchange, and was posted as a member on 24 March 1890. At first Stanley was a clerk, then a stockbroker and a junior partner of Thomas Toller Hurst Daniell, his brother in-law, from April 1891. On 15 May 1891, it was reported in the London Evening Standard that they were declared defaulters upon the stock exchange. George James, a stockbroker from Southport who Hurst, Daniell, Spooner & Co were acting as agents for, had absconded and failed to pay losses he made on his account. George James misappropriated £70,000 and was sentenced to five years in prison at Liverpool assizes on 28 July 1891.
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Stanley Spooner
Stanley Spooner (20 November 1856 – 3 April 1940) was an English editor and journalist.
Spooner was originally the creator and editor of an automobile journal in 1896 called The Automotor And Horseless Vehicle Journal. The title was changed to The Automotor Journal, in April 1902. In January 1909, he was the creator and editor of the first aeronautical weekly magazine in the world called Flight, now titled Flight International. After the success of Flight, his Automotor Journal was renamed The Auto. He was made a Freeman of the City of London, and a liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers, on 15 January 1929.
Stanley Spooner was born at Campbell Lodge, in Rosherville, Northfleet, England, on 20 November 1856. The birth was registered on 1 January 1857. He was the youngest son of Frederick William Spooner, an accountant, and his wife Sarah Ann (formerly Janes). Stanley had four sisters, three brothers, and one half-brother. His half-brother was born on 9 September 1837, at 113, Britannia Street, just off City Road in Hoxton, and was given the same name as Stanley's father.
His father was a Freemason, who in 1854 was elected as the Worshipful Master of Enoch Lodge (No.11). Stanley would also later become a Freemason. Frederick was an auditor and accountant of various different companies. Stanley himself would later become an accountant before he became a stockbroker.
Frederick William Spooner had moved his family to Gravesend by October 1863. Catherine Sarah Spooner, his oldest daughter, was married to Thomas Toller Hurst Daniell. Stanley would later work with Thomas. On 2 and 3 October 1873, Spooner was a Steward at a Bazaar held at the Assembly Rooms in Gravesend. This Bazaar was held on behalf of St. James's Schools. It was opened by Lady Darnley the wife of John Bligh, 6th Earl of Darnley.
He was educated at King's College London, and also in France and Germany.
In 1876 Stanley was a Clerk to an accountant with offices off Cannon Street, London. In 1875 Robert took up the position of accountant of the Co-operative Credit Bank, Queen Victoria Street, London. On 5 February 1876, Stanley was called as a witness at the Mansion House, London in the trial of Richard Banner Oakley, manager of the Co-operative Credit Bank. Richard was accused of obtaining money and securities through false pretenses.
He became a Freemason, and was initiated into the Chiltern Lodge (no. 1470), on 21 December 1880. In the 1881 Census, Stanley was a "Newspaper Advertising Manager." When the Constitutional Club was formed in 1883, he was one of its original members. Stanley was initiated into the Anglo-American Lodge (no. 2191), in 1889. He then applied to be a member of the Stock Exchange, and was posted as a member on 24 March 1890. At first Stanley was a clerk, then a stockbroker and a junior partner of Thomas Toller Hurst Daniell, his brother in-law, from April 1891. On 15 May 1891, it was reported in the London Evening Standard that they were declared defaulters upon the stock exchange. George James, a stockbroker from Southport who Hurst, Daniell, Spooner & Co were acting as agents for, had absconded and failed to pay losses he made on his account. George James misappropriated £70,000 and was sentenced to five years in prison at Liverpool assizes on 28 July 1891.