Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell

Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet (13 June 1711 – 1 January 1773) was a British banker and politician, who together with Joseph Vere and Thomas Hallifax founded the Bank of Vere, Glyn & Hallifax, which evolved into Williams & Glyn's Bank.

According to the historic Gaunts House in Wimborne, the Glyns descended from Cilmin Troed Ddu of Glynnlivon, Caernarvonshire, North Wales, who was born around 820 and chief of the fourth noble tribe of Wales.

[2] He had an eldest son by his 2nd marriage, Sir Richard Carr Glyn of Gaunts, Dorset.

Their family crest involves a sable and an eagle[3] Glyn married firstly Susannah (née Lewen) in 1736.

[4] Glyn died in January 1773, aged 61, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son from his first marriage, George.