William Trye
William Trye (1660–1717), of Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, was an English politician.
Life
[edit]He was the son of Thomas Trye (d. 1671) and Anne (d. 1703), daughter of Richard Jones of Hanham, Gloucestershire.[1] In 1677 he matriculated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[2] In 1681 he inherited an estate in Hardwicke, where his family had been established since the fifteenth century, from his grandfather.[3] He also inherited the manor of Haresfield, Gloucestershire, which his grandfather had purchased during the civil war.[4]
In 1682 he was described as being in France.[5] By 1685 he had married Mary (d. 1724), the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Horne of Horncastle, a township in Hemsworth, Yorkshire.[3][1]
In 1690 his election as Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Gloucester was disputed on the grounds that as he was not a freeman he was ineligible, but had rallied the poorer freemen in his support.[6] His election was upheld and he was made a freemen by gift in September 1791.[7] He represented the city in the Tory interest until 1698 and again from 1702 to 1705.[3] In 1709 he stood in a by-election, but following violent scenes during the poll was defeated by the Whig who had the support of the most of the corporation.[8]
Following his death on 29 June 1717, a memorial was erected to him and his wife at Hardwicke.[1]
Children
[edit]- Thomas (d. 1631) married Mary, daughter of Thomas Norwood of Leckhampton, Gloucestershire.[9] According to Lysons, he 'dissipated the greater part of the inheritance of his ancestors' and was forced to sell Hardwicke to Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke.[10]
- William (d. 1739) and was commemorated at Hardwicke[1]
- Brandon (d. 1728)[5]
- Elizabeth (d. 1733)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Frith, Brian (1990). Bigland's Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester. Vol. 2. p. 665.
- ^ "Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Tracie-Tyson". Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ a b c "TRYE, William (1660-1717), of Hardwicke, Glos. | History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "VCH Gloucestershire, volume 10 - Haresfield: Manors and other estates". Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ a b c The Visitation Of Gloucestershire, 1682-3. 1884. p. 189.
- ^ "VCH Gloucestershire 4: Gloucester 1660-1720: City Government and Politics". Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ A Calendar of the Registers of the Freemen of Gloucester 1641-1838. 1991. p. 44.
- ^ "History of Parliament 1690-1715: Gloucester". Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ Rudder, Samuel (2006). A New History of Gloucestershire. p. 472.
- ^ Lysons, Daniel (1848). A Sketch of the Life and Character of the late C. B. Trye. p. 45.