John Glanville

Sir John Glanville the younger (1586 – 2 October 1661), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1644.

Glanville was brought up as an attorney, but entered Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar on 6 February 1610.

He was secretary to the Lord Admiral of the Fleet during the George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham's assault on Cádiz in 1625, and managed several of the articles of his impeachment over the next three years.

He was re-elected MP for Plymouth in 1625 and opposed the Crown in the 1620s, preparing a protest against the dissolution of Parliament in 1625.

He was re-elected MP for Plymouth in 1626 and 1628, and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

He spoke so strongly against ship money during his term as Speaker that the court party contrived to prevent him coming down to the House on the day the Short Parliament was dissolved.