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Name
  
Henry Glemham

Role
  
Politician


Died
  
August 30, 1632

Children
  
Anne Glemham

Spouse
  
Lady Anne Sackville (m. 1589)

Grandchildren
  
Mary Bayning, Elizabeth Bayning, Paul Bayning, Anne Bayning, Cecilia Bayning

Great grandchildren
  
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland

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Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset

Henry Glemham (Glenham) (c.1603- 17 January 1670) was an English royalist churchman, Dean of Bristol and Bishop of St Asaph.

Life

Glemham was the son of Sir Henry Glemham of Glemham Hall, Suffolk. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 15 October 1619, aged 16. He graduated B.A. in 1621, and M.A. in 1624. He proceeded B.D. in 1631 and D.D. in 1633.

Glemham became rector of Symondsbury, Dorset, in 1631, leaving in 1645 when his brother Thomas was a prominent royalist figure. He regained the rectory there in 1660. He also became Dean of Bristol in 1660. In 1667 he was made Bishop of St Asaph, and became also rector of Llandrinio. He died at Glemham Hall.

References

Henry Glemham Wikipedia