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Ralph Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn

The Lord Glyn
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)
Oxfordshire
Political partyConservative
SpouseSibell Vanden Bempde-Johnstone (m. 1921–1958, her death)
RelativesEdward Carr Glyn
George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton
EducationWixenford, Wokingham
Harrow School
Alma materRoyal Military College, Sandhurst
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Years of service1914–1918
RankMajor
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsMilitary Cross

Major Ralph George Campbell Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn, Bt, MC, 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

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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

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Military service

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Glyn fought in the First World War, during which he was mentioned in despatches and was awarded the Military Cross.[2]

Political career

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At the 1918 general election, Glyn was elected as Unionist MP for the Scottish constituency of Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire. However he lost the seat at the 1922 general election, coming third with 28% of the votes. The following year, at the 1923 general election, Glyn stood in the Conservative-held seat of Abingdon, where the MP Arthur Loyd was not standing again. Lloyd's majority in 1922 had been only 640 votes, and Glyn lost by 254 votes (1.2% of the total) to the Liberal candidate 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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ 'Glyn, 1st Baron', in Who Was Who 1951–1960 (A. & C. Black, 1984 reprint, ISBN 0-7136-2598-8)
  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

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Parliament of the United Kingdom New constituency Member of Parliament for Clackmannan & Eastern Stirlingshire 19181922 Succeeded byLauchlan MacNeill Weir Preceded byEdward Lessing Member of Parliament for Abingdon 19241953 Succeeded byAirey Neave Government offices Preceded byRobert Morrison Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 1931–1935 serving alongside John Worthington (1931–1935) and Frank Markham (1931–1932) Succeeded byGeoffrey Lloyd 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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