# Timothy Tyrrell
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{{Short description|Privy Chamber to King Charles I}}
{{about||his father|Timothy Tyrrell (died 1632)}}
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'''Sir Timothy Tyrrell''' (1617–1701), initially of [Oakley, Buckinghamshire](/source/Oakley%2C_Buckinghamshire) and later of [Shotover](/source/Shotover_Park), was of the [Privy Chamber](/source/Privy_Chamber) to [King Charles I](/source/King_Charles_I_of_England).[{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=John |authorlink1=John Burke (genealogist) |last2=Burke |first2=Sir John Bernard |author2link=Bernard Burke |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LKIKAAAAYAAJ |publisher=[John Russell Smith](/source/John_Russell_Smith) |edition=2nd |year=1841 |page=538}}]
==Life==
He faithfully and valiantly asserted the cause of his master, King Charles I, and was a captain of a cavalry regiment, colonel of a foot regiment, governor of [Cardiff Castle](/source/Cardiff_Castle) in Wales, and general of the [ordnance](/source/Board_of_Ordnance) in that province.[[http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/bkm/Oakley/Index.html Oakley] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818032342/http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/Oakley/Index.html |date=2007-08-18 }}]
According to his memorial "He was an indulgent husband, a kind father, and a good master; just in his dealings, and highly charitable to the poor". He died on 23 October 1701, at the age of 84 years. He is buried in Oakley Church.
==Family==
He was the eldest son of [Sir Timothy Tyrrell](/source/Timothy_Tyrrell_(died_1632)). He married [Elizabeth Ussher](/source/Elizabeth_Tyrrell_(n%C3%A9e_Ussher)),[[http://www.thepeerage.com/p15263.htm#i152626 "Elizabeth Ussher"] on thepeerage] the only daughter of Dr. [James Usher](/source/James_Usher), [Archbishop of Armagh](/source/Church_of_Ireland_Archbishop_of_Armagh) and [Primate of All Ireland](/source/Primate_of_All_Ireland), by whom he had four sons and eight daughters.
Their first son was [James Tyrrell](/source/James_Tyrrell_(writer)) and second son was [John Tyrrell](/source/John_Tyrrell_(Royal_Navy_officer)).