Sir William Glynne (1566 – 1620) of Llanfwrog, Anglesey and Glynllifon, Caernarvonshire was a Welsh lawyer who was elected to the House of Commons for

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in 1593. He was the eldest son of Thomas Glynne of Glynllifon, whom he succeeded in 1608, and was educated in England at

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(1578) before studying law at

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and Lincoln's Inn (1586). He sat as MP for

in 1593. He served in various legal capacities before inheriting his father's Glynllifon estate and was pricked

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for 1597–97 and again for 1618–19. He was knighted in 1606. He died in 1620, having married twice, firstly in 1594, Jane, the daughter of

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, Caernarvon, with whom he had 6 sons and 4 daughters and secondly c.1608, Alice, the daughter of John Conway of Bodrhyddan, Flintshire and widow of Rowland Bulkeley of Porthamel, Anglesey. He was succeeded by his eldest son

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, MP for Caernarvonshire. His second son was John Glynne, also an MP, who became

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of the Upper Bench.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Glynne, William 1566 births 1620 deaths Alumni of University College, Oxford Members of Lincoln's Inn Welsh lawyers Knights Bachelor High Sheriffs of Anglesey Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales English MPs 1593