Sidney Glyn
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Captain Sidney Carr Glyn (11 October 1835 – 26 February 1916) was a British Liberal Party
politician.
Glyn was a younger son of George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton
, and his first wife Marianne, daughter of Pascoe Grenfell
. George Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton
, and Vice-Admiral the Hon. Henry Carr Glyn were his elder brothers while the Right Reverend the Hon. Edward Glyn, Bishop of Peterborough
, was his younger brother. He was elected at the 1880 general election
as the Member of Parliament
(MP) for Shaftesbury
, 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 in February 1916, aged 80.
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician.
Glyn was a younger son of George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton
George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton
George Carr Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton 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....
, and his first wife Marianne, daughter of Pascoe Grenfell
Pascoe Grenfell
Pascoe St Leger Grenfell was a British business man and politician.-Biography:He was born at Marazion, in Cornwall. His father and uncle were merchants in the tin and copper business. Grenfell studied at Truro Grammar School before joining his father's business in London...
. George Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton
George Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton
George Grenfell Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton PC , was a British Liberal politician. He held office in three of the Liberal administrations of William Ewart Gladstone.-Background:...
, and Vice-Admiral the Hon. Henry Carr Glyn were his elder brothers while the Right Reverend the Hon. Edward Glyn, Bishop of Peterborough
Bishop of Peterborough
The Bishop of Peterborough is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire...
, was his younger brother. He was elected at the 1880 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1880
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...
as the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Shaftesbury was a parliamentary constituency in Dorset. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1295 until 1832 and one member until the constituency was abolished in 1885....
, and held the seat until the constituency was abolished at the 1885 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1885
-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...
.
Glyn married Fanny, daughter of Adolphe Marescaux, in 1868. He died in February 1916, aged 80.