Background
George Clement Tryon was son of Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon and Clementina Heathcote, daughter of Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland.
George Clement Tryon was son of Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon and Clementina Heathcote, daughter of Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland.
Eton College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
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. 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 1922-1924, 1924-1929 and 1931-1935 and was then appointed Postmaster General in 1935, serving until 1940.
He was one of those to appear on the first day of British Broadcasting Corporation television broadcasts, 2 November 1936.
In April 1940, Tryon was elevated to the peerage as Baron Tryon, of Durnford in the County of Wiltshire 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. They had two children, including Charles, 2nd Baron Tryon.
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Tryon was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Brighton in 1910, serving until 1940.