Sir John Glynne, 6th Baronet (1713 - 1 July 1777) was a Welsh politician and landowner. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Glynne was the third son of Sir Stephen Glynne, 4th Baronet, and succeeded to the baronetcy after the successive deaths of his father and elder brothers in 1729 and 1730. The Glynne Baronetcy of Bisseter in the County of Oxford, was created in the Baronetage of England on 20 May 1661 for William In November of the latter year, he matriculated from The Queen's College, Oxford. The Queen's College, founded 1341 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. [1]
In 1731, he married the heiress Honora Conway, by which match he almost doubled his estates at Hawarden. Hawarden ( IPA /ˈhɑdən/ "Harden" Penarlâg is a town in Flintshire, North Wales, approximately 5 miles (as They had thirteen children:[2]
Sir John stood as Member of Parliament for Flint in 1734, but was defeated after spending £35,000 on the election. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Flint Boroughs (sometimes known as Flint or the Flint District of Boroughs) was a parliamentary constituency in north-east Wales which returned However, in 1741, he was elected MP for Flintshire, which he represented until 1747. Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in North-East Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament [1]
In 1751, Glynne was High Sheriff of Flintshire, and in 1752, built Hawarden Castle on his estate. This is a list of High Sheriffs of Flintshire. List of Sheriffs 1830 Sir Henry Browne of Bronwhwylfa 1831 Sir Stephen Glynne 9th Baronet New Hawarden Castle, in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales was the estate of former British Prime Minister William Gladstone, which previously He was returned to Parliament again for Flint in 1753, and represented that constituency for the rest of his life. He was made a D.C.L. by Oxford in 1763. Some universities such as the University of Oxford, award Doctor of Civil Law (DCL degrees instead of Doctor of Laws (LL His wife Honora died in 1769, and Glynne remarried on 27 March 1772 to Augusta Beaumont, by whom he had no children. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a He died suddenly in 1777, and was succeeded by his son, Rev. Stephen, his elder son John Conway Glynne having died in 1773. [1]
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bt | Member of Parliament for Flintshire 1741–1747 | Succeeded by Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bt |
| Preceded by Kyffin Williams | Member of Parliament for Flint 1753–1777 | Succeeded by Watkin Williams |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by William Glynne | Baronet (of Bisseter, Oxfordshire) 1730–1777 | Succeeded by Stephen Glynne |