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Richard Tryon
Personal information
Full name
Richard Tryon
Born31 August 1837
Bulwick, Northamptonshire, England
Died12 December 1905(1905-12-12) (aged 68)
Marylebone, London, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1871Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 7
Batting average 7.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 7
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 August 2021

Richard Tryon DL JP (31 August 1837 — 12 December 1905) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

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]

  1. ^ Alfred George Drake won the Victoria Cross for saving Henry Tryon in 1915

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Richard Tryon". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ "No. 21648". The London Gazette. 5 January 1855. p. 37.
  3. ^ "No. 21665". The London Gazette. 20 February 1855. p. 660.
  4. ^ "No. 22161". The London Gazette. 13 July 1858. p. 3253.
  5. ^ "No. 23256". The London Gazette. 28 May 1867. p. 3052.
  6. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Richard Tryon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Kent, 1871". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  8. ^ "No. 24901". The London Gazette. 13 November 1880. p. 5730.
  9. ^ "No. 27383". The London Gazette. 6 December 1901. p. 8648.
  10. ^ Deaths and Marriages. Northampton Mercury. 15 December 1905. p. 8
  11. ^ Funeral of Captain Richard Tryon. Northampton Mercury. 22 December 1905. p. 5

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