Ralph Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn

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DL
Member of Parliament
for Abingdon
In office
1924–1953
Preceded byEdward Lessing
Succeeded byAirey Neave
Majority4,000
Member of Parliament
for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire
In office
1918–1922
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byLauchlan MacNeill Weir
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
1931–1935
Serving with John Worthington (1931–1935)
Frank Markham (1931–1932)
Prime MinisterRamsay McDonald
Preceded byRobert Morrison
Succeeded byGeoffrey Lloyd
Personal details
Born
Ralph George Campbell Glyn

(1884-03-03)3 March 1884
Died1 May 1960(1960-05-01) (aged 76)
First World War
AwardsMilitary Cross

DL (3 March 1884 – 1 May 1960), known as Sir Ralph Glyn, 1st Baronet, from 1934 to 1953, was a soldier and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament
(MP) from 1918 to 1922, and from 1924 to 1953.

Early life

Glyn was born on 3 March 1884 to

Edward Glyn, Bishop of Peterborough and Lady Emma Mary, daughter of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. His father was the younger son of George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton. He was educated at Wixenford, Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1]

Career

Military service

Glyn fought in the

mentioned in despatches and was awarded the Military Cross.[2]

Political career

At the

Edward Lessing
.

However, at the 1924 general election, Glyn substantially increased his vote, and won the seat with a majority of over 4,000 votes. He represented the constituency for nearly thirty years, and was returned unopposed at the 1931 election and at the 1935 election. He was made a baronet 21 January 1934, of Farnborough Downs, in the County of Berkshire,[3] and in 1953 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Glyn, of Farnborough in the County of Berkshire.[4]

Personal life

Lord Glyn married Sibell Vanden Bempde-Johnstone, daughter of Francis Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Baron Derwent and widow of Brigadier-General

Walter Long, in 1921. She was the mother of Walter Long, 2nd Viscount Long. There were no children from the marriage. Lady Glyn died in 1958. Lord Glyn survived her by two years and died in Oxfordshire
in 1960, aged 75, when the baronetcy and barony became extinct.

Glyn was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1924 to 1952 and again from 1955 to 1960 in addition to be the vice-chairman of the Governors from 1958 until his death in 1960.[5] and the Mayor of Abingdon.[6]

Arms

Coat of arms of Ralph Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn
Crest
An eagle's head erased Sable guttee d'Or holding in the beak an escallop Argent.
Escutcheon
Argent an eagle displayed with two heads Sable guttee d'Or.
Motto
Fidei Tenax[7]

Notes

  1. ISBN 0-7136-2598-8
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  2. ^ "No. 30450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1918. p. 36.
  3. ^ "No. 34018". The London Gazette. 26 January 1934. p. 604.
  4. ^ "No. 39904". The London Gazette. 3 July 1953. p. 3677.
  5. ^ "1942 Summer Abingdonian" (PDF). Abingdon School.
  6. ^ "History of the FoA". Friends of Abingdon Civic Society.
  7. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1956.

References

External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire
1918–1922 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Abingdon
1924–1953 		Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
1931–1935
serving alongside John Worthington (1931–1935)
and Frank Markham (1931–1932) 		Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation
Baron Glyn

1953–1960 		Extinct
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Farnborough Downs)
1934–1960 		Extinct
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