Captain Sidney Carr Glyn (11 October 1835 – 26 February 1916) was a British
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politician.
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 his first wife 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 ...
.
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 ...
, and Vice-Admiral the Hon. Henry Carr Glyn were his elder brothers, while the Right Reverend the Hon.
Edward Glyn
Edward Carr Glyn (21 November 184314 November 1928) was an Anglican bishop 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 Ba ...
,
Bishop of Peterborough, was his younger brother. At the age of 19, he enlisted as an Ensign in the Rifle Brigade (1st Battalion) gaining his commission and reaching the rank of Captain in 1863 and serving until his discharge in 1872.
He was elected at the
1880 general election as the
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Shaftesbury
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, and held the seat until the constituency was abolished at the
1885 general election.
Glyn married Fanny, daughter of Adolphe Marescaux, in 1868. He died on 26 February 1916, aged 80.
See also
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Baron Wolverton
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Glyn baronets
There have been three baronetcies created for members of the Glyn family, two in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
The Glyn Baronetcy, of Ewell in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage ...
References
www.thepeerage.com
External links
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1835 births
1916 deaths
Younger sons of barons
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1880–1885
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