Charles Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon

{{Short description|British peer, army officer and member of the Royal Household}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix = Brigadier The Right Honourable

|name = The Lord Tryon

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|office = Keeper of the Privy Purse
Treasurer to HM The Queen

|term_start = 1952

|term_end = 1971

|monarch = Elizabeth II

|predecessor = Sir Ulick Alexander

|successor = Sir Rennie Maudsley

|nationality = British

|alma_mater = Royal Military College, Sandhurst

|birth_date = {{birth date|1906|05|24|df=yes}}

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|death_date = {{death date and age|1976|11|09|1906|05|24|df=yes}}

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|spouse = Etheldreda Josephine Burrell

|parents = George, 1st Baron Tryon
Averil Vivian

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|allegiance = United Kingdom

|branch = British Army

|serviceyears = 1926–1949

|rank = Brigadier

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|unit = Grenadier Guards

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|battles = Second World War

|mawards = Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in dispatches

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Brigadier Charles George Vivian Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCVO|KCB|DSO|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

Elder son of George, 1st Baron Tryon, on 3 August 1939, he married Etheldreda Josephine Burrell (1909–2002), known as Dreda;[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1393821/Dreda-Lady-Tryon.html Obit. of Dreda, Lady Tryon @ www.telegraph.co.uk] she was a daughter of Sir Merrik Burrell, Bt, CBE (1877–1957).

Tryon graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards in 1926.{{London Gazette|issue=33130|page=886|date=5 February 1926}}

Tryon succeeded to his father's title in 1940. The family seat was the Manor House at Great Durnford, Wiltshire; Dreda ran a boarding preparatory school there from 1942 until 1992.{{cite web|title=Obituary: Dreda Lady Tryon|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1393821/Dreda-Lady-Tryon.html|website=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=23 July 2016|date=11 May 2002}}

Promoted to major in 1943,{{London Gazette|issue=35890|page=639|supp=y|date=2 February 1943}} by the end of the Second World War he was a war substantive lieutenant colonel, with permanent promotion in 1948.{{London Gazette|issue=38457|page=6011|supp=y|date=12 November 1948}} He retired in 1949 and was granted the honorary rank of brigadier.{{London Gazette|issue= 38701 |page=4182|supp=y|date=30 August 1949}}

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.{{London Gazette|issue=38681|page=3759|date=2 August 1949}} Still the Assistant Keeper of the Privy Purse upon the ascension of Queen Elizabeth II,{{London Gazette|issue=39616|page=4197|supp=y|date=1 August 1952}} Lord Tryon was appointed Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Queen on 16 October 1952.{{London Gazette|issue=39672|page=5459|date=17 October 1952}} 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.{{London Gazette|issue=45512|page=11863|date=2 November 1971}}

In 1968, as the Queen’s chief financial manager, he sought to secure an exemption from proposed amendments to the Race Relations Act. He stated that it was policy to allow people of colour only to work as domestic servants at the Palace.{{Cite web |last1=Pegg |first1=David |last2=Evans |first2=Rob |date=2021-06-02 |title=Buckingham Palace banned ethnic minorities from office roles, papers reveal |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/02/buckingham-palace-banned-ethnic-minorities-from-office-roles-papers-reveal |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |last=Vanderhoof |first=Erin |date=2021-06-11 |title=Why the Scandal Around Buckingham Palace's Racist 1960s Hiring Policy Still Resonates |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/06/buckingham-palace-racist-1960s-hiring-policy-scandal |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |access-date=2022-03-15}}

Later life and death

In 1972, Lord Tryon was appointed a deputy lieutenant in the County of Wilts.{{London Gazette|issue=45618|page=2929|date=9 March 1972}} Lord Tryon died in 1976, aged 70, and was succeeded by his only son, Anthony Tryon.

Honours

During his military career Lord Tryon was Mentioned in dispatches, later being awarded the Distinguished Service Order.{{London Gazette|issue=37072|page=2461|supp=y|date=10 May 1945}}{{London Gazette|issue=37072|page=2451|supp=y|date=10 May 1945}} Lord Tryon was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1953,{{London Gazette|issue=39732|page=6|supp=y|date=30 December 1952}} and promoted to Knight Grand Cross in 1968.{{London Gazette|issue=44740|page=4|supp=y|date=20 December 1968 }} Appointed a Knight Commander in the Civil Division of the Order of the Bath in 1962,{{London Gazette|issue=42683|page=4309|supp=y|date=25 May 1962}} he was also an Officer of the Order of St John.{{London Gazette|issue=45601|page=2006|date=17 February 1972}}

Arms

{{Infobox COA wide

|image = File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg File:Tryon Escutcheon.png

|escutcheon = Azure a fess embattled between in chief three estoiles and in base a portcullis chained Or.

|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

|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

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