Background
A descendent of Sir John Glanville Member of Parliament (1542–1600), and Sir John Glanville Member of Parliament (1586–1661), the Speaker of the House of Commons, and the grandson of Rt.
A descendent of Sir John Glanville Member of Parliament (1542–1600), and Sir John Glanville Member of Parliament (1586–1661), the Speaker of the House of Commons, and the grandson of Rt.
Reginald Pole-Carew Member of Parliament (1753–1835), Francis Glanville was born in Lawhitton, Cornwall, on 19 March 1827, and educated at Bedford School. He received his first commission in the Royal Artillery as a Second Lieutenant on 19 December 1844, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 2 April 1846. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel on 29 December 1872, and retired from the Royal Artillery as a Major General on 14 July 1877.
Major General Francis Glanville died in Plymouth on 11 February 1910, aged 82.