Wife of Gov. James Glen of SC

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John Brandon

Wife of Gov. James Glen of SC

Legg inn av John Brandon » 13 apr 2006 20:51:42

Back in 2001, I posted the following concerning the wife of 'good
Governor Glen' of South Carolina:

2. Another fellow not covered in the DAB, but found in the new ANB, is
Gov. James Glen of South Carolina. The ANB notes that the "gossipy
diary of the earl of Egmont reported that Glen married the illegitimate
daughter of Lord Wilmington and that one of Glen's sisters was the
mistress of Sir Robert Walpole, the prime minister at the time of his
[Glen's] appointment. Extensive research has not revealed the name of
Lord Wilmington's daughter." The ANB quotes James Glen as having
remarked that Lord Wilmington "'procured for me the Government of
Carolina.'"

On 11 April 1739, the Earl of Egmont wrote, "Sir Robert Walpole being a
widower has youth enough about him, notwithstanding the age of 64, to
take a new mistress, the sister of Mr. Glenn, the new Governor of
Carolina, which Mr. Glenn married a natural daughter of my Lord
Wilmington" (_Manuscripts of the Earl of Egmont: Diary of the First
Earl of Egmont, Vol. III, 1739-1747_ [London: Historical Manuscripts
Commission, 1923], 49).

The unmarried Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, lord president of
the Privy Council at the time of Glen's appointment as governor, was a
younger son of James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton. The Comptons had
a royal connection, being descendants of the Hastings family, earls of
Huntingdon. Thus, the probable wife of Gov. James Glen of South
Carolina was of royal descent.

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Now, however, I notice that Wotton's _Baronetage_, published in the
lifetime of Gov. James Glen, identifies his wife as one Elizabeth
Wilson ...

http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8& ... q=carolina

John Brandon

Re: Wife of Gov. James Glen of SC

Legg inn av John Brandon » 13 apr 2006 20:57:37

http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8& ... 0EHB-JJhoA

Though Burke's _Peerage_ would be suspect as a source for this
information, I would tend to credit Wotton, if only because he was a
contemporary of Gov. Glen.

John Brandon

Re: Wife of Gov. James Glen of SC

Legg inn av John Brandon » 13 apr 2006 21:02:52

Drayton is a prominent South Carolina name ...

http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8& ... ton&pgis=1

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