Edward Carr Glyn (21 November 184314 November 1928) was an Anglican

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in England in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. He was the Bishop of Peterborough from 1897 to 1916.

Life

Glyn was a younger son of

George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton George Carr Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton (27 March 1797 – 24 July 1873) was a banker with interests in the railways, a partner in the family firm of Glyn, Mills & Co., which was reputed to be the largest private bank in London. Background He was ...

and Marianne, daughter of

Pascoe Grenfell Pascoe Grenfell (3 September 1761 – 23 January 1838) was a British businessman and politician. Biography He was born at Marazion, in Cornwall. His father, Pascoe Grenfell (1729–1810), and uncle were merchants in the tin and copper business ...

. He was the brother of

George Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton George Grenfell Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton PC (10 February 1824 – 6 November 1887), was a British Liberal politician. He held office in three of the Liberal administrations of William Gladstone. Background Wolverton was the eldest of th ...

, Sidney Glyn, Pascoe Glyn and Henry Glyn, a vice-admiral in the

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. He was educated at Harrow School and

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and ordained in 1868. After a

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Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...

, Carr Glyn was the

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to William Thomson, the

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, and then held incumbencies at

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, St George's Church, Doncaster and

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Church, Kensington He became an

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and was the Bishop of Peterborough from 1897 until 1916. His

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to the See of Peterborough was

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at St Mary-le-Bow on 22 February and he was consecrated a bishop on St Matthias' Day (24 February 1897), by

Frederick Temple Frederick Temple (30 November 1821 – 23 December 1902) was an English academic, teacher and churchman, who served as Bishop of Exeter (1869–1885), Bishop of London (1885–1896) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1896–1902). Early life ...

, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. Carr Glyn displayed his total support for British involvement in the First World War three weeks after War was declared. In a sermon in the Cathedral for Christians of all denominations, he said ‘This war has been unsought and undesired by us. We are not fighting for increase of dominion or for enlargement of territory, but in spite of every endeavour to maintain the peace of Europe we now find ourselves necessarily and inevitably involved in a war which in severity and endurance is likely to surpass the recorded wars of English history’.Peterborough Diocesan Magazine, September, 1914 He praised parents, sisters, lovers and friends for letting family members go off to the War. He sanctioned a prayer for animals suffering in the War, instituted parochial Rolls of Honour of those serving in the forces Peterborough Diocesan Magazine, January, 1915 and had church bells ring at noon each day as a call to private prayer. He lost a son in the War. Carr Glyn died on 14 November 1928, aged 84.''Obituary — Bishop Glyn. Work at Kensington and Peterborough'',

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15 November 1928; p. 21; Issue 45051; col B

Family

He married Lady Mary Emma, daughter of

George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll George John Douglas Campbell, 8th and 1st Duke of Argyll (30 April 1823 – 24 April 1900; styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847), was a Scottish polymath and Liberal statesman. He made a significant geological discovery in the 1850s when his te ...

, in 1882. She died in March 1947, aged 87. They had several children, including

Ralph Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn Major Ralph George Campbell Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn, Bt, MC, DL (3 March 1884 – 1 May 1960), known as Sir Ralph Glyn, 1st Baronet, from 1934 to 1953, was a soldier and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Pa ...

. and Margaret Isabel Frances, who married Admiral Herbert Meade.

References

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