TYLNEY, JOHN CHILD, 2ND EARL TYLNEY (I), brother of Richard Tylney, Viscount Castlemaine (qv); bapt. 22 Oct 1712; adm. Jul 1721 (as John Child); in under school list 1725; at Eton Coll. 1725-8; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Apr 1732; MA 1734; styled Viscount Castlemaine 1734-50; assumed, with his father, the additional surname of Tylney 24 Mar 1733/4; FRS 11 Dec 1746; succeeded father as 2nd Earl Tylney (I) Mar 1749/50; travelling in Italy 1752-3; MP Malmesbury 1761-8; his homosexuality caused him to leave England permanently in the early 1760s to settle in Italy, where he spent the summers in Florence and the winters in Naples; described by Horace Walpole as “the most generous creature in the world”; bequeathed his great fortune to his nephew, Sir James Tylney Long, Bart. (qv); d. unm. at Naples 17 Sep 1784.
TYLER-SMITH, GIULIO COWLEY, son of William Tyler-Smith MD, Upper Grosvenor Street, London, and Tryphena, dau. of J. Yearsley, Southwick Place, Tewkesbury, Gloucs.; b. 2 May 1849; adm. 26 Jan 1863 (G); a tea and coffee merchant, firm John Cassell & Co., Fenchurch Street, London; m.; d. 22 Jul 1909.
TYLER, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 9) May 1737; BB 1741; left 1743; a contemporary at Westminster of David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv) (see Farrington, Diary II, 614, entry for 20 Jul 1796); pupil of Louis-François Roubiliac, sculptor; as a sculptor he executed some thirty-five funeral monuments, and as an architect he designed the Ordnance Office, Westminster, and was employed by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester; exhibited at Society of Artists 1760-7; a founder member of the Royal Academy 1768, exhibiting there 1769-86 and 1800; m. (at age 22, Farrington, Diary, III, 758-9); d. 6 Sep 1801. DNB. [Perhaps William Tyler, son of William Tyler and Judith ---, bapt. St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 22 Apr 1728 (a William Tyler had married Judith Contenson at St. Martin in the Fields 22 May 1727); and William Tyler, St. Martin’s in the Fields, who m. at St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 7 Jul 1751 Elizabeth Vitu, St. Giles in the Fields]
TYLER, ROPER TREVOR, third son of Adm. Sir Charles Tyler GCB, Royal Navy, and his second wife Margaret, dau. of Alexander Leach, Corston, Pembrokeshire; b. 19 Apr 1801; adm. 19 Jan 1816 (Best's); left 9 Aug 1820; Univerrsity Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jan 1820; BA 1823; MA 1827; ordained deacon (Bristol) 1824, priest (Llandaff) 1825; Domestic Chaplain to William IV when Duke of Clarence; Rector of Merthyr Dovan, Glamorgan 1828; Rector of Wenvoe, Glamorgan 15 Nov 1828; Rector of St. Nicholas, Glamorgan 7 Mar 1833; Vicar of Mynachllogddu, Pembrokeshire, from 1 Nov 1836; Rector of Llantrithyd, Glamorgan, from 14 Jul 1838; JP Glamorgan; m. 9 Aug 1838 Isabel Bruce, dau. of John Bruce Bruce-Pryce, Dyffryn, Glamorgan; d. 19 Feb 1885.
Tyler, Eric Douglas, son of Henry Herbert Tyler, shoe factor, of Leicester, and Agnes Cleopatra, d. of Frederic Sharpe of Sileby, Leics.; b. 30 Mar. 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (B); left Dec. 1934; dyeing industry; Flt Sgt RAF Bomber Command, killed in action over Germany 8 July 1941.
Eric Douglas Tyler was born at Leicester, Leicestershire on the 30th of March 1917 the son of Henry Herbert Tyler, a shoe factory manager and company director, and Agnes Cleopatra (nee Sharpe) Tyler of “High Barn”, The Broadway, Stoughton Drive, South Oadby in Leicestershire. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from January 1931 to December 1934. On leaving school he worked in the dyeing industry. He was serving a Sergeant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on the outbreak of war and was later promoted to Flight Sergeant.
On the night of the 12th/13th of May 1941, Bomber Command dispatched 42 Wellingtons, 41 Hampdens, 17 Whitley and 4 Manchesters for an operation on Mannheim and Ludwigshaven. It is thought that only 10 aircraft from the attacking force had bombed the two targets with damage being light. 5 people were killed on the ground during the raid with a further 3 injured. 26 aircraft reported that they had bombed alternative targets with Cologne reporting industrial buildings and an army barracks being hit with the death of 92 soldiers at the barracks.
Eric Tyler and his crew took off from RAF Waddington at 10pm on the 12th of May 1941 in Hampden Mk I X2982 KM - for the operation. Having completed their mission they were returning to base the aircraft was diverted to another airfield to the north. During this leg of their journey the aircraft ran out of fuel and the crew were forced to bail out. The aircraft crashed at 6.52am close to Catterick Bridge.
The crew was: -
Sergeant Eric Douglas Tyler (Pilot) (Killed in action 8th July 1941)
Sergeant Charles Forrest Greig (2nd Pilot) (Killed on active service 19th June 1941)
Sergeant Kenneth George Betts (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) (Killed in action 8th July 1941)
Sergeant Campbell (Wireless Operator)
On the night of the 8th/9th of July 1941, Bomber Command dispatched 45 Hampdens and 28 Whitleys for an operation on the railway marshalling yards at Hamm. In the event only 31 aircraft reported to have bombed the target.
Eric Tyler and his crew took off from RAF Waddington at 10pm on the 8th of July 1941 in Hampden Mk I AE153 KM- for the operation. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after takeoff and it is thought to have crashed into the sea with the loss of the entire crew.
The crew was: -
Sergeant Foster Wilson Black (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Eric Douglas Tyler (Pilot)
Sergeant Mortimer Livis RCAF (Observer)
Sergeant Kenneth George Betts (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Theirs was one of seven aircraft which were lost during the operation.
Foster Black’s body found in the sea by the German Patrol Boat 1207 on the 18th of August 1941 and was recovered. After identification, it was recommitted to the sea with full military honours.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 37.
TYLDEN, RICHARD, only son of Rev. Richard Osborne Tylden, Vicar of Chilham, Kent, and his second wife Harriot Leonora Frances, dau. of James Stanley Ireland; b. 18 May 1858; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (G); RMA Woolwich; Cadet, Royal Artillery 24 Sep 1875; Lieut., 25 Jun 1877; Capt., 6 May 1885; m. 17 Nov 1882 Margaret Isabel Georgina, dau. of Henry Carter, Wickham, Hampshire; d. 28 Nov 1885, from effects of hunting accident.
TYDDER, FULKE, son of Thomas Tydder, Hatfield, Herts. ; b. ; at school under Busby one year (J. E. B. Mayor and R. F. Scott, Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, i, 48); BB Mich. 1638; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1639, aged 16, Bishop Williams scholar 6 Nov 1639, matr. 1639; BA 1642/3; MA 1646; DD 1661; ordained; Rector of Tewin, Herts. , appointed under Commonwealth and retaining living to death; Rector of Stevenage, Herts. , from 5 Apr 1680; m. 1652 Alice, youngest dau. of Robert Corbet, Edgmond, Shropshire; d. 22 Oct 1688.
TYAS (or TIAS), ROBERT, second son of William Tyas (or Tias), Battersea, Surrey, and Lambourne Hall, Essex, Under Clerk of Great Wardrobe, and Mary, widow of William Cliffe, citizen and draper, London, and dau. of Thomas Stanley, London, woollen draper; b. 8 Mar 1604/5; at school under Wilson (Alum. Cant. ); Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 Apr 1622, matr. 1622; adm. Middle Temple 4 Feb 1623/4; petitioned for reversion of post Clerk of the Great Wardrobe c. 1637, having been “educated therein”.
TWYSDEN, SIR WILLIAM JERVIS, BART., eldest son of Sir William Twysden, Bart., and Mary, dau. of George Jervis, Thames Ditton, Surrey; b. 13 May 1760; adm. 30 Apr 1767; succ. father as 7th baronet 8 Jul 1767; in school lists 1775; m. 21 May 1786 Frances, dau. of Alexander Wynch, EICS Madras, Governor of Madras; d. 3 Feb 1834.