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Glyn (surname)
Glyn is a Welsh name. Notable people with the name include: Surnames *Alan Glyn (1918–1998), Conservative Party (UK) Member of Parliament *Andrew Glyn (1943–2007), UK-based economist and lecturer at the University of Oxford *Elinor Glyn (1864–1943), British novelist and scriptwriter *Frederick Glyn, 4th Baron Wolverton (1864–1932), British banker and Conservative politician *Gareth Glyn (born 1951), Welsh composer and radio broadcaster *George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton (1797–1873), banker with interests in the railways *George Grenfell Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton, PC (1824–1887), a British Liberal politician *Guto'r Glyn (1435–1493), Welsh language poet *Gwyneth Glyn (born 1979), Welsh language poet and musician *Isabella Glyn (1823–1889), Victorian-era Shakespearean actress *John Plumptre Carr Glyn (1837–1912), KCB, a British general *Pascoe Glyn (1833–1904), British businessman and Liberal politician *Ralph Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn (1884–1960), MC DL, a sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Glyn
Sir Alan Jack Glyn (26 September 1918 – 5 May 1998) was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament. He was educated at Westminster School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he read medicine. He proceeded to St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, qualifying as a medical practitioner. He served in the army until 1967. He married, in 1962, Lady Rosula Windsor Clive, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Plymouth. The couple had two daughters. He represented Clapham from 1959 to 1964, Windsor from 1970 to 1974, and Windsor and Maidenhead from 1974, to his retirement in 1992, where he was succeeded by Michael Trend Michael St John Trend, CBE (born 19 April 1952) is a British former Conservative politician and journalist who was a member of parliament from 1992 to 2005, when he stood down after an expenses scandal. Early life He is the son of Lord Trend, .... References External links *Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1987 and 1992 editions* * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Glyn, 9th Baronet
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Hamilton Glyn, 9th Baronet OBE, TD, DL (12 October 1907 – 24 October 1980) was a British army officer, Conservative politician and authority on breeding pedigree dogs. He was the son of Sir Richard Glyn, 8th Baronet, and his wife Edith Hamilton-Gordon, the great-granddaughter of the Prime Minister Lord Aberdeen. Glyn was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, where he read law. He was called to the Bar in 1935. Two years later he published what became a standard reference work, "Bull Terriers and How to Breed Them", which he had started to research while at Oxford. His interest in livestock derived from his work on the family estates in Dorset, which he farmed from the 1940s. During World War II he served with the Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry and in 1943 wrote a history of the regiment. He was its Commander in 1944–45 and again from 1953 to 1956; on retiring from the full-time army he was an active member of the Territorial Army, being Deput ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Davis
Glyn Conrad Davis AC (born 25 July 1959) is an Australian academic who is the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, appointed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on 30 May 2022, and commenced on 6 June 2022. Davis was previously a Distinguished Professor at the Australian National University's Crawford School of Public Policy. From January 2005 until September 2018, he served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. Personal life Davis was educated at Marist Brothers College, Kogarah. He later studied political science at the University of New South Wales and the Australian National University where he completed a doctoral thesis on the political independence of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, before undertaking post-doctoral appointments as a Harkness Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, the Brookings Institution in Washington DC and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Davis is married to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Davies (British Politician)
Edward Glyn Davies (born 16 February 1944) is a former Welsh Conservatives, Welsh Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency), Montgomeryshire from 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 to 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019. Davies previously served as a Member of the Welsh Assembly (AM) for the Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region), Mid and West Wales region from 1999 to 2007. He is a former Chairman of the Development Board for Rural Wales and also served as a Member of the Welsh Development Agency and the Welsh Tourist Board. He was Chairman of Montgomeryshire (district), Montgomeryshire District Council and twice served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary, Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Secretary of State for Wales. Background Educated at Castle Caereinion Primary School and Llanfair Caereinion, Llanfair Caereinion High School. At the age of 50, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Davies (economist)
Glyn Davies (22 May 1919 – 6 January 2003) was a Welsh economist, best known for his 1994 book, ''A History Of Money From Ancient Times To The Present Day''. Education and career Davies was educated at Llandrindod Wells and Tonypandy, and studied economics at University of Wales, Cardiff. His studies were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II; he served in the Royal Dragoons and was present at the Battle of El Alamein. He also took part in the Normandy invasions of 1944. After the war, Davies became a primary school teacher before completing his degree in economics and going on to postgraduate study. Davies lectured at the University of Strathclyde and became an advisor to George Thomas, Viscount Tonypandy, when the latter was Secretary of State for Wales. In 1970 he became the first Sir Julian Hodge Professor of Banking and Finance at UWIST, Cardiff, a post he held until his retirement in 1985. Personal Davies was born in Aberbeegnear Abertillery, where his fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Davidge
Glyn Davidge (31 December 1933 – 18 March 2006) was a Wales, Welsh international flanker who played club rugby for Tredegar RFC, Tredegar and Newport RFC, Newport. He was awarded nine caps for Wales national rugby union team, Wales and toured with Arthur Smith (rugby player), Arthur Smith's 1962 British Lions tour to South Africa, 1962 British Lions squad. Club career During the 1952–53 season, at the age of 18, Davidge played for Newport having previously been a member of Tredegar. As an adolescent, he had shown form and had played for Wales Youth, but before he could start a second season with Newport was called up for National Service. In the Army he joined the South Wales Borderers and represented The Army rugby team. On his return to civilian life he rejoined Newport who he would play for until 1965. He captained Newport during the 1962–63 season. While at Newport he would play in the teams that faced all three great Southern Hemisphere sides, New Zealand, Australia and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Daniel
Glyn Edmund Daniel Fellow of the British Academy, FBA, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, FRAI (23 April 1914 – 13 December 1986) was a Wales, Welsh scientist and archaeologist who taught at Cambridge University, where he specialised in the European Neolithic period. He was appointed Disney Professor of Archaeology in 1974 and edited the academic journal ''Antiquity (journal), Antiquity'' from 1958 to 1985. In addition to early efforts to popularise archaeological study and antiquity on radio and television, he edited several popular studies of the fields. He also published mysteries under the pseudonym Dilwyn Rees. Early life and education Daniel was born in Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, a small village between Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Narberth and Whitland in south-west Wales, as an only child. His father, John Daniel, was the village schoolmaster there. When Glyn Daniel was five he moved with his parents to Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Cannon
Glyn Cannon is a British playwright. His plays include; ''Coffee'' (Pleasance Edinburgh 2009), ''The Kiss'' (Hampstead Theatre) and ''Gone'', a modern adaptation of Sophocles' ''Antigone'' that was first produced at the Pleasance Courtyard for the 2004 Edinburgh fringe festival. It won a Fringe First award from The Scotsman and transferred to the West End. Also, ''Nebuchadnezzar'' first produced in 2002 at the Latchmere theatre, Battersea, London, and ''On Blindness'' which was produced by Paines Plough, Graeae Theatre Company and Frantic Assembly (Soho Theatre, London, 2004). He was Associate Playwright of Paines Plough Paines Plough is a touring theatre company founded in 1974 by writer David Pownall and director John Adams. The company specialises exclusively in commissioning and producing new plays and helping playwrights develop their craft. Over the past ..., 2003–4, and is an associate artist of The Miniaturists. Books * ''On Blindness'' (Methuen, February 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Berry
Glyn Raymond Berry (June 14, 1946 – January 15, 2006) was a Canadians, Canadian diplomat killed by a suicide attack, suicide car bombing attack in Afghanistan. He was the first Canadian diplomat to be killed while on duty in Afghanistan. Two other civilians were killed in the incident and ten people were wounded, including three Canadian soldiers, Master Corporal Paul Franklin, Private (rank), Private William Edward Salikin and Corporal Jeffrey Bailey. Early life and education Born in Wales, Berry graduated from the University of Wales, Swansea with a BA in political science. He then graduated from McMaster University with a Masters in Political Science, and continued his studies at Dalhousie University, where he graduated with a PhD in political science in 1981. Career He joined Canada's Foreign Affairs Department in 1977 and had served in Oslo, Washington, Havana, London, Islamabad and at the United Nations in New York City. He was sent to Rwanda as part of an inquiry on Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Barnett
Glyn Cawley Daer Barnett (born 1 December 1970),''Old Greshamian Club Address Book'' (Cheverton & Son Ltd., Cromer, 1999) is a male British international rifleman who won a shooting gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.A Recent History of The University of London Rifle Club (accessed 22 September 2007)Commonwealth Games results at bbc.co.uk (accessed 22 September 2007) Sport shooting career From 1981 to 1989, Barnett attended , Holt, Norfolk, where he fir ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Barker
Glyn Anthony Barker (born September 1953) is a British businessman who is chairman of Interserve (since September 2017), the law firm Irwin Mitchell and Berkeley Group Holdings (from 2020 for up to two years until a permanent replacement is identified). Barker is a non-executive director of Aviva Aviva plc is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London, England. It has about 18 million customers across its core markets of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada. In the United Kingdom, Aviva is the largest general ... since February 2012 and Transocean Limited. Barker is an adviser for Novalpina Capital, a private equity firm. References Living people 1953 births British chief executives British chairpersons of corporations Aviva people Berkeley Group Holdings people {{UK-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund John Glyn Hooper
Edmund John Glyn Hooper (July 7, 1818 – October 5, 1889) was a Canadian businessman and political figure. He represented Addington in the 1st Parliament of Ontario and Lennox in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal-Conservative member from 1879 to 1882. He was born in Devonshire, England in 1818 and came to Quebec City with his parents in 1819. He served in the local militia during the Lower Canada Rebellion. In 1843, he moved to Lennox County and established himself as a lumber merchant with his brother Augustus. He built a sawmill in Frontenac County which burned down in 1855. He then set up a store in Camden East; he moved to Napanee Greater Napanee is a town in Eastern Ontario, southeastern Ontario, Canada, approximately west of Kingston, Ontario, Kingston and the county seat of Lennox and Addington County. It is located on the eastern end of the Bay of Quinte. Greater Nap ... in 1863 and opened another store there. In the same year, he was appointed tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
