Peerage Record – 58140

     Janet Hill Cook was the daughter of Walter Cook.² She married William Spens, son of Thomas Spens and Bethia Wood, on 20 March 1901.¹ She died.¹
     She lived Edinburgh.¹ Her married name became Spens. She was Writer to the Signet (W.S.)¹

     Thomas Patrick Spens was born in 1841.¹ He was the son of William Spens and Janet Hill Cook.² He died in 1858.¹

     Walter Cook Spens was born in 1842.¹ He was the son of William Spens and Janet Hill Cook.² He married Helen Gillespie, daughter of Sir John Gillespie, on 4 May 1927.¹ He died on 13 July 1900.¹
     He was Advocate and Sheriff Substitute of Lanarkshire, Doctor of Law (LL.D.) (Glasgow.)¹

     Helen Gillespie was the daughter of Sir John Gillespie.² She married Walter Cook Spens, son of William Spens and Janet Hill Cook, on 4 May 1927.¹ She died.¹
     She was Writer to the Signet (W.S.)¹ Her married name became Spens.

     William Spens was born in 1871.¹ He was the son of Walter Cook Spens and Helen Gillespie.² He died in 1873.¹

     John Gillespie Spens was born in 1873.¹ He was the son of Walter Cook Spens and Helen Gillespie.² He married Helen McClelland Adams, daughter of John R. Adams, on 26 April 1900.¹ He died on 19 March 1911.¹
     He was a practising Advocate.¹

     Helen McClelland Adams was the daughter of John R. Adams. She married, firstly, John Gillespie Spens, son of Walter Cook Spens and Helen Gillespie, on 26 April 1900.¹ She married, secondly, Alexander Moncrieff, Lord Moncrieff, son of Alexander Moncreiff, on 31 March 1913.¹ She died on 21 October 1961.¹
     From 26 April 1900, her married name became Spens. From 31 March 1913, her married name became Moncrieff.¹

     Walter John McClelland Spens was born on 16 May 1902.¹ He is the son of John Gillespie Spens and Helen McClelland Adams.² He married Mary Ellinor Reade Bentley, daughter of Edmund George Bentley, on 10 November 1928.
     He was educated at Royal Naval College, Osborne, Isle of Wight, England. He was educated at Royal Naval College, Darmouth, Devon, England. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy.¹ He was educated on 10 November 1928 RNC’s Osborne and Dartmouth m Mary Ellinor Reade (married 2nd Rupert Charles Alderson, s of Arthur Harold Engelbach, of Looe, Cornwall), dau of Edmund George Bentley, LLB, of West Hill Cottage, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, and was killed in acti.¹