George Clement Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon, PC (15 May 1871 – 24 November 1940) was a British

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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

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and Clementina Heathcote, daughter of Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland.'Lord Tryon: Unselfish political service' (obit.), ''

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'', 25 November 1940, p. 7 Educated at

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and the

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, Tryon joined the

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in 1890, serving for sixteen years before retiring as major. Tryon was elected as

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(MP) for

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in 1910, serving until 1940. He became

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in 1919 and

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in 1920 and in 1922 became a

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. He served as Minister of Pensions himself 1922–24, 1924–29 and 1931–35 and was then appointed

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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

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as Baron Tryon, of

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in the County of Wilts and made

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and

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. However, he was replaced as Chancellor (by Lord Hankey) when

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became

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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. They had two children, including Charles, 2nd Baron Tryon.

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