James Tyrrell (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General James Tyrrell (c. 1674 30 August 1742) was an officer of the British Army and Member of Parliament.

Background

He was born the only son of James Tyrrell of Oakley, Buckinghamshire by his wife Mary, daughter of Sir Michael Hutchinson.

He was appointed ensign in a regiment of foot on 6 February 1694 and served under King William III in the Netherlands. He distinguished himself in the wars of Queen Anne and was promoted to the colonelcy of a newly raised regiment of foot in April 1709. At the peace of Utrecht his regiment was disbanded, and in 1715 he raised a regiment of dragoons for the service of King George I, which was disbanded in November 1718. On 7 November 1722 the King gave him the colonelcy of the 17th Regiment of Foot. Tyrrell was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in 1727, to that of major-general in 1735, and lieutenant-general in 1739.

On the accession of King George I in 1714 he was made a Groom of the Bedchamber, serving as a member of the royal household until the King's death in 1727.

In 1722 he was returned to Parliament for Boroughbridge, one of the Duke of Newcastle's pocket boroughs, sitting until his death. He also served as Governor of Pendennis Castle, of Gravesend and Tilbury and of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

References

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Sir Richard Steele
Sir Wilfrid Lawson
Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge
1722–1742
With: Conyers Darcy 1722
Joseph Danvers 1722–1727
George Gregory 1727–1742
Succeeded by
George Gregory
William Murray
Military offices
New regiment Colonel of Tyrrell's Regiment of Foot
1709–1713
Regiment disbanded
New regiment Colonel of Tyrrell's Regiment of Dragoons
1715–1718
Regiment disbanded
Preceded by
Thomas Ferrers
Colonel of Tyrrell's Regiment of Foot
1722–1742
Succeeded by
John Wynyard
Preceded by
John Hobart
Governor of Pendennis Castle
1735–1737
Succeeded by
William Barrell
Preceded by
Sir Multon Lambard
Governor of Gravesend and Tilbury
1737–1742
Succeeded by
Adam Williamson
Preceded by
Thomas Whetham
Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed
1742
Succeeded by
Thomas Howard


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