George Charles Tryon (1783 - bef. 1842)

Born 21 Mar 1783 in Row, Dunbarton, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Peachey (Chambers) Tryon — married 1842 in Brighton, Sussex, England

Descendants

Died before 1 Jun 1842 before age 59 in Brighton, Sussex, England

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Biography

George was the son of George Tryon and Elizabeth Wingfield. He was christened on 13 Apr 1783 in Row, Dumbarton, Scotland.^[1] He apparently was re-baptized, or otherwise presented or recorded at the church near the family seat on 30 Aug 1785 together with Sarah (a sister) ^{[2] [3]}.

He may be the Major George Tryon of the 44th Regiment of Foot, who was promoted on the 10th of June 1836 from half-pay of the 2d Provisional Battalion of Militia to be Major of the 44th Regiment of Foot (the East Essex Regiment), replacing someone named Gray.^[4] The regiment was in Bengal at the time.^[5] According to the regimental history, the regiment was stationed at Fort William, Calcutta in 1836 but in January of 1837 moved to Ghazeepore.^[6] As his youngest known son was born in May of 1836 in London, he may have been attached to the War Office (the half-pay?) and sent out to Bengal in June following his promotion.

He seems to have married his mistress of long standing, Peachey Chambers, virtually on his deathbed, in the 2nd Quarter (Apr-May-Jun) of 1842 in Brighton, Sussex^[7], possibly with the idea of legitimizing their three children. He died in Brighton, Sussex (then still referred to as Brighthelmstone), in 1842.^[8]

His will is quite complicated and suggests that it was hurriedly made as a death-bed will to try to secure some sort of future for his mistress/newly married wife Peachey and their three children. He asked in it that all his properties and assets of any sort be sold and turned into cash, that the cash be used to pay the debts owed his brothers and sisters, and that the remainder be used to purchase investments such as shares or properties the income from which would provide for Peachey and their three children. He appointed three executors who were also to be trustees for the investments, one of which was his mistress/new wife Peachey.

partial transcript of will

"This is the last will and testament of me George Tryon of no 53, Chalybeate Street Brighton in the county of Sussex esquire, made this twenty seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty –two …"

Then he seems asking for all his estate except what he owes to his brothers and sisters (not sure whether he is a trustee for family funds or what) to be converted into money and invested in a trust fund. He appoints "George Battrock? of Brighton aforesaid Surgeon, James Lee Douglas of Market Harborough in the county of Leicester, gentleman and "my wife" Peachey Tyron " to administer it. It's full of legalese.

The funds are to be divided into four, one quarter for Peachey the other three-quarters divided equally amongst his children. He then names them and very usefully, their places of baptism.

"… my three children, namely Clara Tryon, George Tryon and Charles Edward Tryon which said Clara Tyron is now of the age of fifteen years or thereabouts and was baptised at Bolougne in the Kingdom of France and which said George Tryon is now of the age of twelve years or thereabouts and was baptised in Trinity Church Marylebone in the County of Middlesex in the month of September, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty and which Charles Edward Tyron is now of the age of six years or thereabouts and was baptised at Brighton Old Church in the County of Sussex "^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Scotland: Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950: Batch C11503-2; Film No. 1041002 (Americanancestors.org also Ancestry.com)
2. ↑ Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England; Register Type: Bishops Transcripts (Ancestry.com)
3. ↑ Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812 for George Charles Pryon, Cottingham, Parish Registers, 1775-1812, 30 Aug 1785, image 27/82
4. ↑ The London Gazette for the Year 1836, Part 1, page 1051
5. ↑ The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China and Australasia Vol XX May - Aug 1836, London, Allen and Co., p 1836
6. ↑ Carter, Thomas (1887) The Historical Record of the Forty-Fourth: Or the East Essex Regiment, London, Gale & Polden, Brompton works, p 105
7. ↑ FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 Vol 7 p 360 (Ancestry.com)
8. ↑ England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZ3Y-JY6), George Tryon, 01 Jun 1842; reference Item 1 Page 160; FHL microfilm 1,468,823. Brighthelmston, Sussex, England
9. ↑ Will in National Archives