Richard Tryon

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.[lower-alpha 1] A brother was the Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.[11]