George Clement Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon,
PC (15 May 1871 – 24 November 1940) was a British
Conservative
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politician who served in a number of ministerial positions in the inter-war years.
George Clement Tryon was son of
Vice-Admiral Sir
George Tryon
Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon (4 January 1832 – 22 June 1893) was a British admiral who died when his flagship HMS ''Victoria'' collided with HMS ''Camperdown'' during manoeuvres off Tripoli, Lebanon.
Early life
Tryon was born at Bu ...
and Clementina Heathcote, daughter of
Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland
Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland (16 January 1795 – 6 September 1867), known as Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, 5th Baronet from 1851 to 1856, of Stocken Hall, Rutland, was a British peer and Whig politician.
Background
Born at Normanto ...
.
['Lord Tryon: Unselfish political service' (obit.), '']The Times
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'', 25 November 1940, p. 7 Educated at
Eton College
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and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
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, Tryon joined the
Grenadier Guards
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in 1890, serving for sixteen years before retiring as major.
[
Tryon was elected as ]Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Brighton
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in 1910, serving until 1940. He became Under-Secretary of Air
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in 1919 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions was a junior Ministerial office at Parliamentary Secretary rank in the British Government, supporting the Minister for Pensions.
Establishment and history
The office was established in 1916 ...
in 1920 and in 1922 became a Privy Counsellor
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. He served as Minister of Pensions himself 1922–24, 1924–29 and 1931–35 and was then appointed Postmaster General
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in 1935, serving until 1940. He was one of those to appear on the first day of BBC television broadcasts, 2 November 1936.
In April 1940, Tryon was elevated to the peerage
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Peerages include:
Australia
* Australian peers
Belgium
* Belgi ...
as Baron Tryon, of Durnford in the County of Wilts and made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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and First Commissioner of Works
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. However, he was replaced as Chancellor (by Lord Hankey) when Winston Churchill
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became prime minister
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in May, while retaining the First Commissionership; he relinquished that post the following October, a few weeks before his death, aged 69.
He married Averil Vivian, daughter of Colonel Sir Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea
Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea (6 July 1821 – 28 November 1894), known between May 1882 and June 1893 as Sir Hussey Vivian, 1st Baronet, was a Welsh industrialist and politician from the Vivian family.
Biography
Born at Singl ...
. They had two children, including Charles, 2nd Baron Tryon.
Arms
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1871 births
1940 deaths
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Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945
People educated at Eton College
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