Richard Tryon DL JP (31 August 1837 — 12 December 1905) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Richard Tryon | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 August 1837 Bulwick, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 December 1905 (aged 68) Marylebone, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1871 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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The son of Thomas Tryon and Anne Trollope, he was born in August 1837 at Bulwick Park in the Northamptonshire village of Bulwick.[1] He was commissioned into the British Army as an ensign in the Rifle Brigade in November 1854.[2] Shortly after he was promoted to lieutenant in February 1855.[3] Tryon purchased the rank of captain in July 1858,[4] later retiring from active service nearly a decade later in May 1867.[5] Tryon made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), captained by W. G. Grace, against Kent at Lord's in 1871.[6] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed by Bob Lipscomb for 7 runs in the MCC first innings.[7]
A resident of The Lodge, Oakham in the County of Rutland, Tryon was nominated to be Sheriff of Rutland in November 1880.[8] He was unsuccessful, with Francis Pierremont Cecil being made Sheriff; however, Cecil went on active naval service and was replaced by Tryon in April 1881. He was made a deputy lieutenant of Rutland in December 1901.[9] He additionally served as a justice of the peace for Rutland.[1] Tryon died at Marylebone in December 1905, following a short illness.[10]
He married Jane Anna Lucy Johnson, daughter of General William Augustus Johnson, in 1867. Two sons, Henry and Richard, were killed in the First World War.[a] A brother was the Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.[11]
Notes
edit- ^ Alfred George Drake won the Victoria Cross for saving Henry Tryon in 1915
References
edit- ^ a b "Richard Tryon". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "No. 21648". The London Gazette. 5 January 1855. p. 37.
- ^ "No. 21665". The London Gazette. 20 February 1855. p. 660.
- ^ "No. 22161". The London Gazette. 13 July 1858. p. 3253.
- ^ "No. 23256". The London Gazette. 28 May 1867. p. 3052.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Richard Tryon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Kent, 1871". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "No. 24901". The London Gazette. 13 November 1880. p. 5730.
- ^ "No. 27383". The London Gazette. 6 December 1901. p. 8648.
- ^ Deaths and Marriages. Northampton Mercury. 15 December 1905. p. 8
- ^ Funeral of Captain Richard Tryon. Northampton Mercury. 22 December 1905. p. 5