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Francis Robert Glanville (1827–1910) was a senior

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officer.

Biography

A descendant of Sir John Glanville MP (1542–1600), and Sir John Glanville MP (1586–1661), the

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, and the grandson of Rt. Hon. Reginald Pole-Carew MP (1753–1835), Francis Glanville was born at Hexworthy House in

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, on 19 March 1827, and educated at

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. He received his first commission in the

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as a

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on 19 December 1844, and was promoted to the rank of

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on 2 April 1846. He was promoted to the rank of

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on 29 December 1872, and retired from the

as a major-general on 14 July 1877. On Sept 3, 1860, whilst stationed in

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, Glanville married Dona Maria Concepcion Guadalupe, the daughter of Don Francis Carreras, with whom he had seven sons and five daughters. Major General Francis Glanville died in

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on 11 February 1910, aged 82.Obituary, ''

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'', 12 February 1910, p.13 His widow died on 12 February 1922 at Plymouth. They were both buried at St Germans, Cornwall, England, where there is a nice memorial to them inside the church.

References

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