Samuel Dening Glyde (18 August 1842 – 27 January 1898) was a politician in the colony of South Australia. Glyde was born in Wayford, Somerset in 1842. He migrated to Victoria, Australia at age 18 but moved on to New Zealand. He lived in Prebbleton in rural Canterbury and was well known for his contributions towards the establishment of an education system in the and Springston districts. He was a local farmer and in addition, he was surveyor and clerk for the road boards of Springs and Lincoln. He left New Zealand for Adelaide in mid-1871 and his farewell dinner in Prebbleton was chaired by Arthur Charles Knight, the local representative on the Canterbury Provincial Council, and Christchurch identity John Ollivier gave an entertaining address.