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What was the position of Sir Glynne Welby, 3rd Baronet between Oct 1836 and Sep 1852?
Sir Glynne Welby , 3rd Baronet Sir Glynne Earle Welby-Gregory , 3rd Baronet ( 26 June 1806 – 23 August 1875 ) , born Glynne Earle Welby , was a British Tory ( and then Conservative Party ) Member of Parliament . Early life and family . Glynne Earle Welby was born on 26 June 1806 , the eldest son of Sir William Welby , 2nd Baronet , of Denton , near Grantham , and his wife , Wilhelmina , daughter of William Spry , who was Governor of Barbados from 1767 to 1772 . The family claimed descent from land-owners who came over with the Norman Conquest , but their origins have only been traced with certainty to John Welby , a subsidy collector at Denton in 1523 ; one of his descendants bought the manor in 1648 and occupied the manor house . His great grandson , William , was created a baronet and represented Grantham in Parliament ( 1802–06 ) , while his son , the 2nd baronet , occupied the same seat for 13 years between 1807 and 1820 . Glynne Welby was educated at Rugby School and Oriel College , Oxford , where he matriculated in 1824 . He succeeded his father as baronet on 3 November 1852 and took additional surname of Gregory by royal licence on 5 July 1861 to comply with the will of Gregory Gregory of Harlaxton . Welby married , on 6 March 1828 , Frances , youngest daughter of Sir Montague Cholmeley , 1st Baronet . She died on 9 October 1881 . He and his wife had seven sons and four daughters , including William Earle ( 1829–1898 ) , who succeeded to the baronetcy and was a Member of Parliament , and Alfred Cholmeley Earle ( 1849–1937 ) , a Member of Parliament for Taunton . Three other sons and a daughter died unmarried : Captain Henry Glynne Earle ( 1830–1876 ) , who served in the 48th Regiment ; Rev . Philip James Earle ( 1842–1873 ) , who was educated at Magdalen College , Oxford , and served as Rector of Stroxton from 1863 till his death ; Hugh Richard Earle ( 1845–1862 ) , who served in the Royal Navy and died aboard HMS James Watt ; and Cecily ( d . 1869 ) . Of the remainder : - Rev . Walter Hugh Earle , ( 1833–1912 ) was educated at Corpus Christi , Oxford , and served as rector of Strensham ( 1860–62 ) , Bearwood ( 1862–67 ) and Harston ( 1867 ) . He married , firstly in 1861 , Frances ( d . 1875 ) , youngest daughter of Alfred Ollivant , Bishop of Llandaff ; and secondly , in 1875 , Florence Laura , eldest daughter of George Sloane Stanley , Rector of Branstone . - Edward Montague Earle , ( 1836–1926 ) was a barrister and Stipendary Magistrate in Sheffield ; in 1870 he married Sarah Elizabeth ( d . 1909 ) , only child of Robert Everard of Fulney House , Lincolnshire . Their sons included Hugh Robert Everard Earle , CMG , JP ( 1885–1970 ) , who was a provincial commissioner in Kenya , and Edward Everard Earle , JP , DL ( 1870–1951 ) , who adopted the surname Welby-Everard and served as Vice-Chairman ( 1930–39 ) and then Chairman ( 1939–42 ) of the Holland Quarter Sessions , as well as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1935 and Chairman of the Welland Catchment Board ( 1930–46 ) ; he married Gwladys Muriel Petra ( d . 1946 ) , daughter of Rev . G . W . Herbert , and their children included Major-General Sir Christopher Earle Welby-Everard , KBE , CB , DL ( 1909–1996 ) . - Frances Wilhelmina ( d . 1858 ) married Lieutenant-Colonel John Reeve ( d . 1897 ) , of Leadenham House . - Mary Elizabeth Welby ( d . 1919 ) married twice : firstly , in 1860 , to John Richards Homfray ( d . 1882 ) of Penllyn Castle , Glamorganshire ; and secondly , in 1893 , to Colonel George Shirley Maxwell . - Alice ( d . 1915 ) married in 1860 to George Troyte Bullock ( from 1852 Troyte-Bullock , from 1892 Troyte-Chafyn-Grove ) of Zeals and North Coker House , who served as High Sheriff of Dorset in 1888 . Member of Parliament . He was elected at the 1830 general election as a Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Grantham , and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1857 general election . He was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1860–61 . References . Bibliography . - Casey , Martin , Salmon , Philip ( 2009 ) . Welby , Glynne Earle ( 1806–1875 ) , of Denton Hall , nr . Grantham , Lincs. , The History of Parliament : the House of Commons 1820–1832 , ed . by D . R . Fisher - Foster , Joseph ( 1888 ) . Alumni Oxonienses , 1715–1886 , volume 4 . Oxford : Parker and Co . - Ruvigny et Raineval , le Marquis de ( 1911 ) . <a Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal being a Complete Roll of all the Descendants now Living of Edward III</a> , Mortimer-Percy Volume , Part 1 . London : Melville and Company . - Mosley , Charles ( ed. ) ( 2003 ) . Burkes Peerage , Baronetage and Knightage , 107th ed. , volume 3 . Wilmington , Delaware : Burkes Peerage and Gentry . - Port , M.H . ( 1986 ) . Welby , Sir William Earle , 1st Bt . ( ?1734–1815 ) , of Denton Hall , Lincs. , The History of Parliament : the House of Commons 1790–1820 , ed . by R . Thorne - Port , M.H. , Thorne , R.G . ( 1986b ) . Welby , William Earle ( 1768–1852 ) , of Denton Hall , Lincs. , The History of Parliament : the House of Commons 1790–1820 , ed . by R . Thorne Newspapers . - Sir Glynne Earle Welby-Gregory , Bart. . Grantham Journal . 28 August 1875 . p . 4 - The late Sir G . E . Welby-Gregory , Bart. . Grantham Journal . 4 September 1875 . p . 4