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Charles Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon

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Brigadier The Right Honourable
The Lord Tryon
GCVO KCB DSO OStJ DL
Keeper of the Privy Purse
Treasurer to the Queen
In office
1952–1971
MonarchQueen Elizabeth II
Preceded byMajor Sir Rennie Maudsley
Succeeded byMajor Sir Ulick Alexander
Personal details
Born24 May 1906
Died9 November 1976 (1976-11-10) (aged 70)
NationalityBritish
Alma materRoyal Military Academy Sandhurst

Charles George Vivian Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon GCVO KCB DSO OStJ DL (24 May 1906 – 9 November 1976) was a British peer, British Army officer, and a member of the Royal Household.

Early life and military career

Tryon was the son of George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon. On 3 August 1939, he married Etheldreda Josephine Burrell (1909-2002), known as Dreda; she was a daughter of Sir Merrik Burrell, 7th Baronet (1877-1957).

Tryon graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards in 1926.[1]

He succeeded to his father's title in 1940.

Promoted to Major in 1943,[2] by the end of the Second World War he was a war substantive Lieutenant Colonel, with permanent promotion in 1948.[3] He retired in 1949 and was granted the honorary rank of Brigadier.[4]

Career in the Royal Household

Lord Tryon began his career in the Royal Household as the Assistant Keeper of the Privy Purse to King George VI in 1949.[5] Still the Assistant Keeper of the Privy Purse upon the ascension of Queen Elizabeth II,[6] Lord Tryon was appointed Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Queen on 16 October 1952.[7] Lord Tryon served as Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Queen until 1 November 1971, being appointed a Permanent Lord-in-Waiting upon his retirement.[8]

Later life and death

In 1972, Lord Tryon was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in the County of Wilts.[9] Lord Tryon died in 1976, aged 70, and was succeeded by his son, Anthony.

Honours

During his military career Lord Tryon was Mentioned in Despatches, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order.[10][11] Lord Tryon was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1953,[12] and promoted to Knight Grand Cross in 1968.[13] He was appointed a Knight Commander in the Civil Division of the Order of the Bath in 1962.[14] Lord Tryon was also an Officer of the Venerable Order of Saint John[15]

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Charles Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon
Coronet
A coronet of a Baron
Crest
Issuant from a Coronet composed of four Roses set upon a Rim Or a Bear's Head Sable charged with seven Stars in the form of the Constellation Ursa Major Gold
Escutcheon
Azure a Fess embattled between in chief three Estoiles and in base a Portcullis chained Or
Supporters
Dexter:an Army Pensioner in hospital uniform; Sinister: a Postman holding with the exterior hand a Letter Sack over his shoulder proper
Motto
Do Right and Fear Not


References

  1. ^ "No. 33130". The London Gazette. 5 February 1926.
  2. ^ "No. 35890". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 2 February 1943.
  3. ^ "No. 38457". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 12 November 1948.
  4. ^ "No. 38701". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 30 August 1949.
  5. ^ "No. 38681". The London Gazette. 2 August 1949.
  6. ^ "No. 39616". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 1 August 1952.
  7. ^ "No. 39672". The London Gazette. 17 October 1952.
  8. ^ "No. 45512". The London Gazette. 2 November 1971.
  9. ^ "No. 45618". The London Gazette. 9 March 1972.
  10. ^ "No. 37072". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 10 May 1945.
  11. ^ "No. 37072". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 10 May 1945.
  12. ^ "No. 39732". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 30 December 1952.
  13. ^ "No. 44740". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 20 December 1968.
  14. ^ "No. 42683". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 25 May 1962.
  15. ^ "No. 45601". The London Gazette. 17 February 1972.
Court offices
Preceded by Keeper of the Privy Purse
1952 – 1971 		Succeeded by
Treasurer to the Queen
1952 – 1971
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Tryon
1940 – 1976 		Succeeded by
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