BrigadierCharles George Vivian Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon,GCVO,KCB,DSO,DL (24 May 1906 – 9 November 1976) was aBritish peer,British Army officer, and a member of theRoyal Household.

Elder son ofGeorge, 1st Baron Tryon, on 3 August 1939, he married Etheldreda Josephine Burrell (1909–2002), known as Dreda;^[1] she was a daughter ofSir Merrik Burrell, Bt, CBE (1877–1957).

Tryon graduated from theRoyal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned as asecond lieutenant in theGrenadier Guards in 1926.^[2]

Tryon succeeded to his father's title in 1940. The family seat was the Manor House atGreat Durnford, Wiltshire; Dreda ran a boardingpreparatory school there from 1942 until 1992.^[3]

Promoted tomajor in 1943,^[4] by the end of theSecond World War he was a war substantivelieutenant colonel, with permanent promotion in 1948.^[5] He retired in 1949 and was granted the honorary rank ofbrigadier.^[6]

Lord Tryon began his career in theRoyal Household as the AssistantKeeper of the Privy Purse to KingGeorge VI in 1949.^[7] Still the Assistant Keeper of the Privy Purse upon the ascension of QueenElizabeth II,^[8] Lord Tryon was appointed Keeper of the Privy Purse andTreasurer to the Queen on 16 October 1952.^[9] Lord Tryon served as Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Queen until 1 November 1971, being appointed aPermanent Lord-in-Waiting upon his retirement.^[10]In 1968, as the Queen’s chief financial manager, he sought to secure an exemption from proposed amendments to theRace Relations Act. He stated that it was policy to allow people of colour only to work asdomestic servants at the Palace.^[11][12]

In 1972, Lord Tryon was appointed adeputy lieutenant in theCounty of Wilts.^[13] Lord Tryon died in 1976, aged 70, and was succeeded by his only son,Anthony Tryon.

During his military career Lord Tryon wasMentioned in dispatches, later being awarded theDistinguished Service Order.^[14][15] Lord Tryon was appointed aKnight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1953,^[16] and promoted toKnight Grand Cross in 1968.^[17] Appointed a Knight Commander in the Civil Division of theOrder of the Bath in 1962,^[18] he was also anOfficer of the Order of St John.^[19]

Coat of arms of Charles Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon

Crest Issuant from a coronet composed of four roses set upon a rim Or a bear's head Sable charged with seven stars in the form of the Constellation Ursa Major Gold Escutcheon Azure a fess embattled between in chief three estoiles and in base a portcullis chained Or. Supporters Dexter an army pensioner in hospital uniform sinister a postman holding with the exterior hand a letter sack over his shoulder Proper. Motto Do Right And Fear Not

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