Charles Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon
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Brigadier The Right Honourable The Lord Tryon GCVO KCB DSO DL |
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Keeper of the Privy Purse Treasurer to HM The Queen |
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In office 1952–1971 |
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| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Major Sir Rennie Maudsley |
| Succeeded by | Major Sir Ulick Alexander |
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| Born | 24 May 1906 |
| Died | 9 November 1976 (aged 70) |
| Nationality |
 United Kingdom
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| Alma mater | RMC Sandhurst |
Charles George Vivian Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon, GCVO KCB DSO DL (24 May 1906 – 9 November 1976) was a British peer, British Army officer, and a member of the Royal Household.
Elder son of George, 1st Baron Tryon, on 3 August 1939, he married Etheldreda Josephine Burrell (1909-2002), known as Dreda; 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.
He 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.
Promoted to Major in 1943, by the end of the Second World War he was a war substantive Lieutenant Colonel, with permanent promotion in 1948. He retired in 1949 and was granted the honorary rank of Brigadier.
Lord Tryon began his career in the Royal Household as the Assistant Keeper of the Privy Purse to King George VI in 1949. Still the Assistant Keeper of the Privy Purse upon the ascension of Queen Elizabeth II, Lord Tryon was appointed Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Queen on 16 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.
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