Herbert Henry Spender-Clay, (4 June 1875 – 15 February 1937), was an English soldier and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1910 to 1937.
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Early life
Herbert Henry Spender-Clay was born on 4 June 1875, the only son of the former Sydney Garrett and Joseph Spender-Clay, one of the largest shareholders in the Bass Brewing Company. He was a godson of Rev. John Harden Clay, the son of Herbert's great-uncle Rev. John Clay.
Spender-Clay was educated at Eton and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Career
On 10 June 1896 was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 2nd Life Guards. He was promoted to lieutenant on 20 April 1898, and served in the Second Boer War, during which he was further promoted to captain on 25 September 1901. Following his return from South Africa, he resigned his commission in early September 1902 to take up farming on his father's estate in Surrey, which he inherited. He was appointed a captain in the Reserve of Officers on 24 January 1903.