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Obituary: Sir Anthony Glyn Bt

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From: The Independent - London
Date: 19980210
Author:G Chowdharay-Best

Geoffrey Leo Simon Davson, writer: born London 13 March 1922; succeeded 1937 as second Bt; assumed by deed poll 1957 the surname Glyn and the additional forename Anthony; married 1946 Susan Rhys Williams (one daughter, and one daughter deceased); died Villeneuve-Loubet, France 20 January 1998.

Anthony Glyn was a writer of great charm and brilliance. Writing was in his blood. He was born Geoffrey Davson, but his maternal grandmother was Elinor Glyn, and it was under the pen-name of Anthony Glyn that he published his first novel in 1953. He subsequently took the name by deed poll.

Born in 1922, ...

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