Prior to
World War II, he was scientific assistant with the Road Research Laboratory. In the 1950s, he served as a
Labour Party councillor in
Hertfordshire; he later became a founder member of the
Social Democratic party.
CEGB Glyn started working for the
Central Electricity Generating Board as an electrical engineer supervising installation work. He finished up as chairman from 1977 to 1982, taking over from Sir
Arthur Hawkins and being replaced by
Walter Marshall, Baron Marshall of Goring. A deal was signed with Glyn of the CEGB and Charles Chevrier,
director-general of
Électricité de France for the construction of a £550 million 2000MW
HVDC Cross-Channel link between England and France. Each would cover the cost of four of the eight cables crossing the channel. In 1981 he received an Honorary Doctorate from the
University of Bath. ==References==