Soldier and Landowner
Glynn either inherited or acquired an interest in large landed estates in Cornwall, Devon and the Isle of Wight and he set about re-establishing his family’s presence at their ancestral home at Glynn in the parish of Cardinham near Bodmin. In 1793 he became a founder member and vice-president of the Cornwall Agricultural Society and subsequently sold land in Devon and bought properties around Bodmin to consolidate his estates there. By 1802 he had joined the Cornish militia as a major and second-in-command of the The Royal Miners Regiment. From 1805 the regiment was permanently stationed in Kent where it was employed in building fortifications at Rochester, Chatham and Dover. Glynn was only able to return home on leave once a year and he left the reorganisation of his estates and the building of a new mansion at Glynn to his steward John Wallis, a Bodmin lawyer and banker. This arrangement ended in 1809 following a dispute and Glynn then gave up his commission in the militia and returned to Cornwall.
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