Baron Wolverton, of

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in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1869 for the banker George Glyn. He was the fourth son of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Gaunt's House,

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in 1798, himself the fourth son of Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell,

in 1758. Lord Wolverton was succeeded by the eldest of his nine sons, the second Baron. He was a Liberal politician and served under

William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-con ...

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and as

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. He was childless and was succeeded by his nephew, the third Baron. He was the eldest son of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Henry Carr Glyn, younger son of the first Baron. He died childless the following year aged only twenty-six, and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baron. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1902 to 1905 in the Conservative administration of

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. On the death in 1988 of his second but eldest surviving son, the fifth Baron, this line of the family failed. The title was inherited by the late Baron's second cousin, the sixth Baron. He was the grandson of the Hon.

Pascoe Glyn The Hon. Pascoe Charles Glyn (12 April 1833 – 3 November 1904), was a British businessman and Liberal politician. Glyn was a younger son of George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton, and his wife Marianne, daughter of Pascoe Grenfell. George Glyn, ...

, younger son of the first Baron. the title is held by his grandson, the eighth Baron, who succeeded in 2011. Several other members of the Glyn family have also gained distinction. The Hon.

, younger son of the first Baron, sat as Member of Parliament for Dorset East. The Hon. Sidney Glyn, younger son of the first Baron, was Member of Parliament for

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. The Right Reverend the Hon.

Edward Glyn Edward Carr Glyn (21 November 184314 November 1928) was an Anglican bishop in England in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. He was the Bishop of Peterborough from 1897 to 1916. Life Glyn was a younger son of George Glyn, 1st B ...

, younger son of the first Baron, was Bishop of Peterborough and the father of

Ralph Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn 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 ...

. The Hon. Henry Carr Glyn, younger son of the first Baron, was a vice-admiral in the

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Barons Wolverton (1869)

George Carr Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton George Carr Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton (27 March 1797 – 24 July 1873) 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. Background He was ...

(1797–1873) **

George Grenfell Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton George Grenfell Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton PC (10 February 1824 – 6 November 1887), was a British Liberal politician. He held office in three of the Liberal administrations of William Gladstone. Background Wolverton was the eldest of th ...

(1824–1887) ** Vice-Admiral Hon. Henry Carr Glyn (1829–1884) *** Henry Richard Glyn, 3rd Baron Wolverton (1861–1888) ***

Frederick Glyn, 4th Baron Wolverton Frederick Glyn, 4th Baron Wolverton (24 September 1864 – 3 October 1932), was a British banker and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under Arthur Balfour from 1902 to 1905. Backgrou ...

(1864–1932) **** Hon. George Edward Dudley Carr Glyn (1896–1930) **** Nigel Reginald Victor Glyn, 5th Baron Wolverton (1904–1986) ** Hon. Pascoe Charles Glyn (1833–1904) *** Colonel Geoffrey Carr Glyn (1864–1933) *** Maurice George Carr Glyn (1872–1920) **** John Patrick Riversdale Glyn, 6th Baron Wolverton (1913–1988) ***** Christopher Richard Glyn, 7th Baron Wolverton (1938–2011) ***** Hon. Andrew John Glyn (1943–2007) ****** Miles John Glyn, 8th Baron Wolverton (born 1966) ****** (1) Jonathan Carlin Glyn (born 1990) *** Hilary Beaujolais Glyn (1916–1995) **** James Hilary Glyn (1939–2000) ***** (2) Caspar Hilary Gordon Glyn (born 1969) ****** (3) Oscar Robert Beaujolais Glyn (born 2001) ****** (4) Montfort James Jack Glyn (born 2003) ***** (5) Frederick Glyn (born 1987) The

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is the present holder's half-brother Jonathan Carlin Glyn (born 1990).

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Barons Wolverton (1869)

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