Sir Glynne Welby, 3rd Baronet
Sir Glynne Earle Welby-Gregory, 3rd Baronet (1806–1875), born Glynne Earle Welby, was a British Tory who later sat as a Conservative MP.
He was the eldest son of Sir William Earle Welby, 2nd Baronet, of Denton, near Grantham, and his wife Wilhelmina, daughter of William Spry, who had been Governor of Barbados. The Welby family were long-standing landowners, with roots traced back to John Welby, a subsidy collector at Denton in the 16th century; a descendant later bought the manor and became the line of baronets.
Glynne Welby was educated at Rugby School and at Oriel College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1824. He became the 3rd Baronet on 3 November 1852. In 1861 he added the surname Gregory by royal licence to comply with the will of Gregory of Harlaxton, becoming Welby-Gregory.
On 6 March 1828 he married Frances Cholmeley, youngest daughter of Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Baronet. She died in 1881. They had seven sons and four daughters. Their children included William Earle Welby (1829–1898), who succeeded to the baronetcy and became an MP, and Alfred Cholmeley Earle (1849–1937), MP for Taunton. Some other children died young or unmarried: Captain Henry Glynne Earle (1830–1876), Rev. Philip James Earle (1842–1873), Hugh Richard Earle (1845–1862), and Cecily (d. 1869).
Welby was elected MP for Grantham in 1830 and held the seat until he stood down at the 1857 general election. He served as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1860–61. Sir Glynne Welby died on 23 August 1875.
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