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[[File:Bergensbanen km302 Finse 002 1915 NF.W15998 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Finse]], inverno 1913/14: il politico britannico Harold Spender sperimentò la slitta trainata dalle renne.|300px]] 
  
==Biografia== 
HeEra wasfiglio thedel son of Drdottor John Kent Spender ande hisdi wifesua moglie [[Lillian Spender]], ande [[John Alfred Spender]] wasera hissuo brotherfratello. HeHa wasstudiato educatedal at [[Bath College, (Englishdove publicè school)|Bathstato College]]responsabile wheredella heclasse was [[Head Boy]] fromdal 1882 toal 1883. Exhibitioner ofBorsista dell'[[University College, (Oxford)|University College di Oxford]]. 1stPrimo in [[Mod (subcultura)|Mods]]. 1884; 1st.primo in Lit.[[Discipline Hum.umanistiche|Lettere e Filosofia]] 1887; [[Master of Arts|MA]]. Harold wasera aamico friend ofdi [[David Lloyd George]], withcon whomcui hefaceva wentescursioni hiking,e andviaggiava travelledin to GermanyGermania. HeNel married,1904 in 1904,sposò Violet Hilda Schuster. They hadEbbero threetre sonsfigli, [[Michael Spender|Michael]], [[Stephen Spender|Stephen]], [[Humphrey Spender|Humphrey]], ande oneuna daughterfiglia, Christine. HisSua wifemoglie diedmorì innel 1921.<ref>"Spender,{{Cita E. Harold", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [httpweb|lingua=en|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U203200,|titolo=Spender, accessedE. 29 Dec 2013]Harold|sito=www.ukwhoswho.com|accesso=2025-10-23}}</ref> AfterDopo hisla deathsua morte, Stephen ande Christine werefurono raisedcresciuti ina [[Hampstead]] byda auna governessgovernante. 
  
== Carriera professionale == 
==Professional career== 
HeHa waslavorato on the staff of theper l{{'}}''[[The Echo (London)|Echo]]'' fromdal 1887 toal 1889. HeÈ wasstato Lecturerdocente forper l'Oxford University Extension Delegacy fromdal 1889 toal 1892. HeCollaborò wascon on the staff of theil ''[[Pall Mall Gazette]]'' fromdal 1891 toal 1893, thecon il ''[[Westminster Gazette]]'' fromdal 1893 toal 1895, thecon il ''[[Daily Chronicle (United Kingdom)|Daily Chronicle]]'' fromdal 1895 toal 1899, thecon il ''[[The Guardian|Manchester Guardian]]'' fromdal 1899 toal 1900 ande con theil ''[[The Daily News (UKRegno Unito)|Daily News]]'' fromdal 1900 toal 1914. DuringDurante thela warguerra hesi gavededicò himselfalla uppropaganda toper waril savingsrisparmio propagandabellico, volunteering,al volontariato e ad altre andattività otherlegate waralla activitiesguerra fromdal 1914 toal 1918. 
  
== Carriera politica == 
==Political career== 
È stato candidato liberale per la divisione di [[Bath]] del [[Somerset]] alle [[Elezioni generali nel Regno Unito del 1922|elezioni generali del 1922]]. 
He was Liberal candidate for the [[Bath (UK Parliament constituency)|Bath]] Division of [[Somerset]] at the 1922 General Election. 
  
Inoltre è stato candidato liberale per la [[circoscrizione]] di Bath nel Somerset alle elezioni generali del 1922. 
{| class="wikitable" 
|+[[Elezioni generali nel Regno Unito del 1922|Elezioni generali del 15 novembre 1922: elettorato di Bath 33.023]]<ref>{{En}}''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949'', Craig, F.W.S.</ref> 
! colspan="2" |Partito 
!Candidato 
!Voti 
!% 
!Variazione % 
!±% 
|- 
| bgcolor="0000FF" | 
|Unionisti 
|Charles Talbot Foxcroft 
| align="right" |13,666 
| align="right" |50.2% 
| align="right" |{{Aumento}} 24.6% 
|−24.6 
|- 
| bgcolor="FFFF00" | 
|Liberali 
|'''Edward Harold Spender''' 
| align="right" |{{spazi|28}}8,699 
|8,699 
| align="right" |32.0% 
| align="right" |n/a 
|n/a 
|- 
| bgcolor="red" | 
|Laburisti 
|Herbert Henry Elvin 
| align="right" |{{spazi|28}}4,849 
|4,849 
| align="right" |17.8% 
| align="right" |{{Diminuzione}} 7,4% 
|−7.4 
|- 
|colspan="3" | 
! 
| align="right" | Maggioranza 
| align="right" | 
| 
| align="right" | 
| 
| 
|- 
| colspan="3" | 
! 
| align="right" |Affluenza 
| align="right" |82.4% 
| 
| align="right" | 
|82.4 
| 
|- 
| bgcolor="0000FF" | 
| colspan="2" |Gli unionisti '''resistono''' 
! 
| align="right" | 
|Oscillazione elettorale 
| align="right" |Oscillazione 
| 
| align="right" | 
| 
|} 
  
==Family Famiglia == 
HeÈ marriedstato sposato con Violet Hilda Schuster (1878–1921), daughterfiglia ofdi Ernest Joseph Schuster (1850–1924), barristeravvocato, ande hisdi wife,sua moglie Hilda Weber, daughterfiglia ofdi [[Hermann David Weber|Sir Herman Weber]],<ref>{{Citecita ODNBpubblicazione|doi autore=Sutherland, 10.1093/ref:odnb/57986John (2004)|chapter titolo= "Spender, Sir Stephen Harold (1909–1995), poetpoeta"|title rivista= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year editore=[[Oxford 2004|last1University Press]]|città=(È Sutherland|first1necessario =un John|isbnabbonamento a Wikipedia Library o l'iscrizione a una biblioteca pubblica del [[Regno Unito]])|lingua=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/57986|id=[[Dictionary of National Biography]] (edizione online)|ISBN=9780198614128}}</ref>un amedico German-borndi doctororigine whotedesca becamenaturalizzato abritannico. naturalisedTra Britishi subject.figli di Harold ande Violet's childrenvi includederano theil poetpoeta [[Stephen Spender|Stephen]], the explorerl'esploratore [[Michael Spender|Michael]], ande [[Humphrey Spender]], a photojournalistfotoreporter ande artistartista.<ref>{{Citecita ODNBpubblicazione|idautore=97623May, Alex (6 gennaio 2011)|titletitolo="Spender, (John) Humphrey"|first rivista=Oxford Alex|lastDictionary of National Biography|editore=[[Oxford MayUniversity Press]]|datecittà=(È necessario un abbonamento a Wikipedia Library o l'iscrizione a una biblioteca pubblica del [[Regno Unito]])|lingua=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/97623|id=[[Dictionary 6of JanuaryNational 2011Biography]] (edizione online)}}</ref> 
  
==Publications Pubblicazioni == 
*''Story of the Home Rule Session'', 1893  
*''At the Sign of the Guillotine'', 1895 
*''Men and Mansions'', 1924 
*''The Cauldron of Europe'', 1925 
Ha pubblicato tre biografie: 
He published three biographies: 
*''[[Herbert Henry Asquith]]'', 1915 
*''[[Louis Botha|General Botha]]'', 1916 
*''[[David Lloyd George]]'', 1920 
  
== Note == 
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==Altri progetti== 
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== Collegamenti esterni == 
* {{Collegamenti esterni}} 
* {{Gutenberg author autore| id=9033| namenome=Harold Spender|accesso=23 ottobre 2025}} 
* {{cita web|titolo=Opere di Harold Spender|url=https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%28subject%3A%22Spender%2C%20Harold%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Harold%20Spender%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Spender%2C%20Harold%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Harold%20Spender%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Spender%2C%20H%2E%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Harold%20Spender%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Spender%2C%20Harold%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Harold%20Spender%22%29%20OR%20%28%221864-1926%22%20AND%20Spender%29%29%20AND%20%28-mediatype:software%29|sito=Faded Page|editore=([[Canada]])|lingua=en}} 
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* {{cita web|titolo=Opere di o su Harold Spender|url=https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%28subject%3A%22Spender%2C%20Harold%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Harold%20Spender%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Spender%2C%20Harold%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Harold%20Spender%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Spender%2C%20H%2E%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Harold%20Spender%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Spender%2C%20Harold%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Harold%20Spender%22%29%20OR%20%28%221864-1926%22%20AND%20Spender%29%29%20AND%20%28-mediatype:software%29|sito=[[Internet Archive]]|lingua=en}} 
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Harold Spender}} 
* Portraits{{cita oflibro|titolo=Ritratti Spenderdi atSpender thealla National Portrait Gallery: |url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp76021/harold-spender|sito=www.npg.org.uk|lingua=en}} 
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