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GLOVER, THOMAS, son of John Glover, Bishopsgate, London, and Hannah Sprat (IGI); nephew of Right Rev. Thomas Sprat DD, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster; b ; in under school list 1715; KS (aged 14) 1720; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1724, matr. 5 Jun 1724, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1724 – void 8 Apr. 1735, expiry year of grace as Perpetual Curate, Hawkhurst, from 5 Apr 1734; ordained priest (lit. dim. from Canterbury) 1729; Perpetual Curate of Hawkhurst, Kent, from 1729; d. 9 Oct. 1737.

GLYN, CARR JOHN, sixth son of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. (qv); b. 25 Jun 1799; adm. 15 Jan 1810; KS 1814; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1818, matr. 5 May 1818, Westminster Student 1818-25; BA 1821; MA 1827; ordained deacon 1828, priest 1829; Rector of Hinton Parva, Dorset, from 13 Feb. 1830; Rector of Witchampton, Dorset, from 13 May 1830; JP Dorset; m. 1st, 21 Jul 1831 Augusta, dau. of John Granville, London; m. 2nd, 25 Apr. 1839 Anna, third dau. of Capt. William Henry Cleather, 1st Ceylon Regt.; d. 25 Oct. 1896.

GLYN, CLAYTON WILLIAM FEAKE, eldest son of Thomas Clayton Glyn (qv); b. 13 Sept. 1821; adm. 10 Jun 1833 (G); KS 1835; Capt. of the School 1839; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1840, matr. 30 Jun 1840, Westminster Student; BA 1844; MA 1846; adm. Inner Temple 23 Jan. 1843, called to bar 29 Jan. 1847; Home Circuit; of Durrington House, Essex; JP Essex, chairman Harlow bench for many years; a painting of a scene from the Eunuchus, in which he took the part of Chaerea in 1839, when the Greek dress was introduced for the first time, was presented to the Elizabethan Club by his son Clayton Louis Glyn (qv); m. 25 Jul 1855 Mary Jane, dau. of Thomas Perry, Moor Hall, Essex; d. 30 Dec. 1887.

GLYN, EGERTON ROBERT, youngest son of Thomas Clayton Glyn (qv); b. 23 Jan 1827; adm. 5 Jul 1837 (G); QS 1841; rowed against Eton 1 Aug. 1843; left 1844; at Haileybury Coll. 1845-6; Writer, EICS Bombay 1847; Third Assistant to Collector, Kaira 1848; Second Assistant to Collector, Surat 1849; d. at Bombay 8 Sep 1852.

GLYN, GEORGE HENRY, third son of Thomas Glyn (qv); b. 31 Jan 1796; adm. 26 Mar 1806; KS 1809; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1814, matr. 23 May 1814, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Mathematics and 3rd cl. Classics 1817; BA 1817; MA 1820; ordained priest 1820 (lit. dim. from Canterbury); Curate Brasted, Kent 1820; Vicar of Henham, Essex, from 30 Jan 1824; m. 9 Nov. 1826 Elizabeth, only dau. of Joseph Smith, Shortgrove, Essex; d. 4 Mar. 1847.

GLYN, HENRY THOMAS, second son of Thomas Clayton Glyn (qv); b. 21 Apr. 1822; adm. 24 Sep 1834 (G); KS 1837; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1841, matr. 26 May 1841, Westminster Student 1841-5; migrated to New Inn Hall, Oxford; BA 1845; ordained deacon 1846, priest 1847 (both Norwich); Curate of Harkstead, Suffolk; Rector of Melbury Abbas, Dorset 1847-80; Prebendary of Salisbury from 1872; Rector of Fontmell Magna, Dorset 1880-93; m. 5 Oct 1848 Mary Frederica, dau. of Capt. William Frederick Schreiber, 11th Light Dragoons, Melton Place, Suffolk; d. 22 Jan. 1900.

GLYN, RICHARD CARR, second son of Thomas Glyn (qv); b. 5 Feb 1794; adm.; KS 1807; left 1809; at Haileybury Coll. 1809-11; Writer, EICS Bengal 30 Apr 1809; arrived in India 19 Aug 1812; in England 1813-8; Register and Assistant to Judge and Magistrate, Bareilly 5 Jul 1818; after holding several other posts, appointed Officiating Magistrate, Meerut 1824; Civil and Sessions Judge, Meerut 18 Mar 1837; retd Jan 1841; m. 5 May 1828 Jane Florentia, dau. of Henry Creighton; d. 4 Dec 1875.

GLYN, ROBERT SPENCER, youngest son of Thomas Glyn (qv); b. 23 May 1798; adm. 30 Mar 1808; KS 1813; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1817, matr. 22 May 1817, Westminster Student; BA 1820; MA 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Nov 1821; d. 3 Jan 1857.

GLYN, THOMAS CLAYTON, eldest son of Thomas Glyn (qv); b. 9 Nov 1789; in school list 1801; KS 1803; Capt. of the School 1807; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1808, matr. 27 May 1808, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Mathematics and 3rd cl. Classics 1811; BA 1812; MA 1814; ordained; Rector of Widford, Herts., 17 Mar 1826-31; m. 20 Jul 1820 Jemima Julia, dau. of William Hammond, St. Alban’s Court, Kent; d. 17 Jun 1860.

GODFREY, SIR EDMUND BERRY, brother of Richard Godfrey (qv); b. 23 Dec 1621; adm.; KS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses to Charles I on the birth of Princess Amelia 1636/7, written by KSS while at Chiswick; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Nov 1638; adm. Grays Inn 3 Dec 1640; became a woodmonger, and in 1658 acquired a wharf at Hartshorn Lane, near Charing Cross; JP Westminster; knighted 18 Sep 1666, for “his eminent service done in helping to suppress the late fire in the City” (London Gazette, 17-20 Sep 1666); offended the Court by causing the arrest of the King’s Physician for a debt due to him for firewood, and was imprisoned for six days in the porter’s lodge at Whitehall 1669; a zealous Protestant, and “esteemed the best justice of the peace in England”; received the first depositions of Titus Oates concerning the Popish Plot 16 Sept 1678; found dead in a ditch on the south side of Primrose Hill, near Hampstead 17 Oct 1678, three probably innocent persons subsequently being hanged at Tyburn for his murder. Memorial tablet in East Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.