Editing Michael Spicer (section)

==Later life==
He was created a [[life peer]] on 8 July 2010 as '''Baron Spicer''', of [[Cropthorne]] in the [[Worcestershire|County of Worcestershire]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59487 |date=13 July 2010 |page=13285}}</ref>

He was sworn of the [[Privy Council (United Kingdom)|Privy Council]] on 15 May 2013 at [[Buckingham Palace]]; he thus acquired the [[post-nominal letters]] "PC" for life.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/document2013-05-16-140548.pdf |title=ORDERS APPROVED AND BUSINESS TRANSACTED AT THE PRIVY COUNCIL HELD BY THE QUEEN AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE ON 15TH MAY 2013  |last=Tilbrook |first=Richard |date=15 May 2013 |website=The Privy Council Office |access-date=22 October 2022 }}</ref>

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|image = [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|centre|150px]][[File:Spicer Escutcheon.png|centre|200px]]
|escutcheon = Gules a cross moline Argent charged with another Azure between four quill pens in bend sinister Argent quilled Or each surmounted by a paint brush in bend Or the ferrule Argent.
|crest = A demi-lion Or resting its sinister paw on a Ministerial Box Proper.
|supporters = On either side a lion resting the exterior paw on the grip of a tennis racquet the head downwards Or.
|motto = Et Facere Et Pati Fortia (To Act And Suffer Bravely)<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage |date=2019 |page=4435}}</ref>}}