George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon

British politician

Major The Right HonourableThe Lord TryonPC


Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 3 April 1940 – 14 May 1940
Prime Minister	Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by	William Morrison
Succeeded by	The Lord Hankey
First Commissioner of Works
In office 18 May 1940 – 3 October 1940
Preceded by	The Earl De La Warr
Succeeded by	Sir John Reith

Personal details
Born	15 May 1871
Died	24 November 1940(1940-11-24) (aged 69) Little Court, Sunningdale
Spouse	Averil Vivian
Children	2, including Charles, 2nd Baron Tryon
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1890-1906, 1914-
Rank	Major (United Kingdom)
Unit	Grenadier Guards
Battles/wars	Second Boer War

George Clement Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon, PC (15 May 1871 – 24 November 1940) was a British Conservative politician who served in a number of ministerial positions in the inter-war years.

Early life

George Clement Tryon was son of Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon and Clementina Heathcote, daughter of Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland.

Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Tryon joined the Grenadier Guards in 1890, serving for sixteen years before retiring as major.

Career

Tryon was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton in 1910, serving until 1940. He became Under-Secretary of Air in 1919 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions in 1920 and in 1922 became a Privy Counsellor. He served as Minister of Pensions himself 1922–24, 1924–29 and 1931–35 and was then appointed Postmaster General 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 as Baron Tryon, of Durnford in the County of Wilts and made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and First Commissioner of Works. However, he was replaced as Chancellor (by Lord Hankey) when Winston Churchill became prime minister in May, while retaining the First Commissionership; he relinquished that post the following October, a few weeks before his death, aged 69.

Personal life

He married Averil Vivian, daughter of Colonel Sir Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea. They had two children, including Charles, 2nd Baron Tryon.

Arms

Coat of arms of George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon
	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

"Tryon, 1st Baron". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
^ 'Lord Tryon: Unselfish political service' (obit.), The Times, 25 November 1940, p. 7
"The Contest". BBC. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
"No. 34834". The London Gazette. 23 April 1940. p. 2383.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Tryon

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byErnest Villiers Aurelian Ridsdale	Member of Parliament for Brighton 1910–1940 Served alongside: Walter Rice 1910–1911 John Gordon 1911–1914 Charles Thomas-Stanford 1914–1922 Cooper Rawson 1922–1940	Succeeded byCooper Rawson Lord Erskine
Political offices
Preceded byIan Macpherson	Minister of Pensions 1922–1924	Succeeded byFrederick Roberts
Preceded byFrederick Roberts	Minister of Pensions 1924–1929	Succeeded byFrederick Roberts
Preceded byFrederick Roberts	Minister of Pensions 1931–1935	Succeeded byRobert Hudson
Preceded bySir Kingsley Wood	Postmaster General 1935–1940	Succeeded byWilliam Morrison
Preceded byWilliam Morrison	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1940	Succeeded byThe Lord Hankey
Preceded byThe Earl De La Warr	First Commissioner of Works 1940	Succeeded bySir John Reith
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Tryon 1940	Succeeded byCharles Tryon

v t e Secretaries of state for work and pensions of the United Kingdom
Ministers of Pensions	Barnes Hodge Worthington-Evans Macpherson Tryon Roberts Tryon Roberts Tryon Hudson Ramsbotham Womersley Paling Hynd Buchanan Marquand Isaacs Heathcoat-Amory
Ministers of Social Insurance/National Insurance	Jowitt Hore-Belisha Griffiths Summerskill Peake
Ministers of Pensions and National Insurance	Peake Boyd-Carpenter Macpherson Wood Herbison
Ministers of Social Security	Herbison Hart
Secretaries of State for Social Services	Crossman Joseph Castle Ennals Jenkin Fowler Moore
Secretaries of State for Social Security	Moore Newton Lilley Harman Darling
Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions	Darling A. Smith Johnson Blunkett Hutton Hain Purnell Cooper Duncan Smith Crabb Green Gauke McVey Rudd Coffey C. Smith Stride

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