Surname: Spens Forename(s): Walter Cook b. 1842. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Poet and barrister. Born in Glasgow. Educated at the University of Edinburgh. Worked
as a barrister in the Supreme Court, the Hamilton court, and as the Sheriff-substitute
of Lanarkshire. Married Helen Gillespie on 2 August 1870. Author of several volumes
of poetry including Dreams and Realities: A Volume of Poems (1863) and Darroll, and Other Poems (1881). Biographical information: Reilly, Mid-Victorian Poetry, p. 432; “Lieutenant Walter Thomas Patrick Spens”, The University of Glasgow Story; First World War Roll of Honour <https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=2593> (15 August 2021).
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