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 Born in St George Hanover Square, London, Glyn was a younger son of George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton and Marianne, daughter of Pascoe Grenfell. He was the brother of George Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton, Sidney Glyn, Pascoe Glyn and Henry Glyn, a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy. (Cited at thePeerage.com, which accessed 26 May 2019) He was educated at Harrow School and University College, OxfordWho was Who 1897–1990; London, A & C Black, 1991 and ordained in 1868."The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
After a curacy in Doncaster, Carr Glyn was the domestic chaplain to William Thomson, the Archbishop of York, and then held incumbencies at St Mary's Church, Beverley,Vicars of Beverley (Archived)Church website (1) (Archived) St George's Church, DoncasterChurch website (2) (Archived) and St Mary Abbots Church, KensingtonChurch website (3) (Archived) He became an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen and was the Bishop of Peterborough from 1897 until 1916.The Bishop of Peterborough Resignation in July The Times, 2 May 1916; p. 3; Issue 41156; col B His election to the See of Peterborough was confirmed at St Mary-le-Bow on 22 February and he was consecrated a bishop on St Matthias' Day (24 February 1897), by Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.
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,Peterborough Diocesan Magazine, December, 1914 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.Peterborough Diocesan Magazine, February, 1915
Carr Glyn died in St George on 14 November 1928, aged 84.Obituary — Bishop Glyn. Work at Kensington and Peterborough, The Times 15 November 1928; p. 21; Issue 45051; col B
Family He married Lady Mary Emma, daughter of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, in 1882. She died in March 1947, aged 87. They had several children, including Ralph Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn. and Margaret Isabel Frances, who married Admiral Herbert Meade.
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