Major-General James Spens was a British Army officer and an English first-class cricketer. Spens began playing cricket whilst at school, and after joining the Army played at first-class level for Hampshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club in the 1880s and 1890s. He served with distinction during the Second Boer War and later commanded a military district in British India and a Territorial division in the United Kingdom. He retired shortly before the outbreak of the First World War, but returned to service to command the 12th (Eastern) Division, then a training depot and a military district in Egypt.
- Occupation
- cricketer, army officer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- March 30, 1853
- Died
