Sir William Glynne, 2nd Baronet (17 May 1663 – 3 September 1721) was a Welsh lawyer and politician. The elder son of Sir William Glynne, 1st Baronet (whom he succeeded in 1690), he was educated at

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. He was a

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from 1691 to 1702. He was

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for

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from 1698 until 1701 and then represented the borough of

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from 1702 until 1705. He was awarded a D.C.L. from Oxford in 1706 and was appointed

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for 1706–7. On 5 July 1688, Glynne married Mary Evelyn, daughter of

Sir Edward Evelyn, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Evelyn, 1st Baronet DL (25 January 1626 – 3 May 1692) was an English Tory Member of Parliament who served in a number of local offices in Surrey and found favour under James II of England. Removed from several local offices at the c ...

of Long Ditton. They had two children: *William Glynne (1698–1719), a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford *Mary Glynne Predeceased by his only son, he was succeeded on his death in 1721 by his brother Stephen.

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