Edward Carr Glyn (21 November 184314 November 1928) was an

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bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

in England in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. He was the

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from 1897 to 1916.

Life

Born in

St George Hanover Square St George Hanover Square was a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England. The creation of the parish accompanied the building of the St George's, Hanover Square, Church of St George's, Hanover Square, ...

, London, Glyn was a younger son of

George 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 City of London, London. Ba ...

and Marianne, daughter of

Pascoe Grenfell Pascoe Grenfell (3 September 1761 – 23 January 1838) was a British businessman and politician. Biography He was born at Marazion, in Cornwall. His father, Pascoe Grenfell (1729–1810), and uncle were merchants in the tin and copper business ...

. He was the brother of

George 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 ...

Sidney Glyn 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 Wo ...

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, ...

and Henry Glyn, a

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in the

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. (Cited a
thePeerage.com
which accessed 26 May 2019) He was educated at

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...

and

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and ordained in 1868. After a

curacy A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' () of souls of a parish. In this sense, ''curate'' means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy who are ass ...

Doncaster Doncaster ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest se ...

, Carr Glyn was the

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to William Thomson, the

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, and then held incumbencies at St Mary's Church, Beverley, St George's Church, Doncaster and

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Church,

Kensington Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensingt ...

He became an

Honorary Chaplain to the Queen An Honorary Chaplain to the King is a member of the clergy within the United Kingdom who, through long and distinguished service, is appointed to minister to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, monarch of the United Kingdom. When the reigning mona ...

and was the

from 1897 until 1916. His

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to the See of Peterborough was

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St Mary-le-Bow The Church of St Mary-le-Bow () is a Church of England parish church in the City of London, England. Located on Cheapside, one of the city's oldest thoroughfares, the church was founded in 1080, by Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury. Rebuilt seve ...

on 22 February and he was consecrated a bishop on St Matthias' Day (24 February 1897), by

Frederick Temple Frederick Temple (30 November 1821 – 23 December 1902) was an English academic, teacher and Clergy, churchman, who served as Bishop of Exeter (1869–1885), Bishop of London (1885–1896) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1896–1902). Early ...

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, at

St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul the Apostle, is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London in the Church of Engl ...

. Carr Glyn displayed his total support for British involvement in the First World War three weeks after War was declared. In a sermon in the Cathedral for Christians of all denominations, he said ‘This war has been unsought and undesired by us. We are not fighting for increase of dominion or for enlargement of territory, but in spite of every endeavour to maintain the peace of Europe we now find ourselves necessarily and inevitably involved in a war which in severity and endurance is likely to surpass the recorded wars of English history’.Peterborough Diocesan Magazine, September, 1914 He praised parents, sisters, lovers and friends for letting family members go off to the War. He sanctioned a prayer for animals suffering in the War, instituted parochial Rolls of Honour of those serving in the forcesPeterborough Diocesan Magazine, January, 1915 and had church bells ring at noon each day as a call to private prayer. He lost a son in the War. Carr Glyn died in St George on 14 November 1928, aged 84.''Obituary — Bishop Glyn. Work at Kensington and Peterborough'',

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15 November 1928; p. 21; Issue 45051; col B

Family

He married Lady Mary Emma, daughter of

George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll George John Douglas Campbell, 8th and 1st Duke of Argyll (30 April 1823 – 24 April 1900; styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847), was a Scottish people, Scottish polymath and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal statesman. He made a significant geological ...

, in 1882. She died in March 1947, aged 87. They had several children, including

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 ...

. and Margaret Isabel Frances, who married Admiral Herbert Meade.

References

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Edward Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...