Sir William Glynne, 2nd Baronet (17 May 1663 – 3 September 1721) was a
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lawyer and politician.
The elder son of
Sir William Glynne, 1st Baronet
Sir William Glynne, 1st Baronet (20 January 1638 – 8 September 1690) was a Welsh politician.
William was the son of Sir John Glynne, the Lord Chief Justice during the Commonwealth. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, taking his degree ...
(whom he succeeded in 1690), he was educated at
St Edmund Hall, Oxford
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.
He was a
Gentleman of the privy chamber
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The Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber were noble-born servants to the Crown who would wait and attend on the King in private, as well as during various court activities, f ...
from 1691 to 1702. He was
Member of Parliament for
Oxford University
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from 1698 until 1701 and then represented the borough of
Woodstock
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from 1702 until 1705. He was awarded a
D.C.L. from Oxford in 1706 and was appointed
High Sheriff of Oxfordshire
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for 1706–7.
On 5 July 1688, Glynne married Mary Evelyn, daughter of
Sir Edward Evelyn, 1st Baronet of
Long Ditton
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. They had two children:
*William Glynne (1698–1719), a Fellow of
All Souls College, Oxford
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*Mary Glynne
Predeceased by his only son, he was succeeded on his death in 1721 by his brother Stephen.
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1663 births
1721 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
Members of the pre-1707 Parliament of England for the University of Oxford
Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber
English MPs 1698–1700
English MPs 1701
English MPs 1702–1705
High sheriffs of Oxfordshire