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'''William Trye''' (1660–1717), of Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, was an English politician.

==Life== He was the son of Thomas Trye (d. 1671) and Anne (d. 1703), daughter of Richard Jones of Hanham, Gloucestershire.<ref name=Bigland>{{cite book|title=Bigland's Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester|volume=2|date=1990|first=Brian|last=Frith|page=665}}</ref> In 1677 he matriculated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Tracie-Tyson|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1501-1528|access-date=22 November 2024}}</ref> In 1681 he inherited an estate in Hardwicke, where his family had been established since the fifteenth century, from his grandfather.<ref name=HoP>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/trye-william-1660-1717|title=TRYE, William (1660-1717), of Hardwicke, Glos. &#124; History of Parliament Online|access-date=22 November 2024}}</ref> He also inherited the manor of Haresfield, Gloucestershire, which his grandfather had purchased during the civil war.<ref>{{cite web|title=VCH Gloucestershire, volume 10 - Haresfield: Manors and other estates|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol10/pp190-194|access-date=22 November 2024}}</ref>

In 1682 he was described as being in France.<ref name=Visit>{{cite book|title=The Visitation Of Gloucestershire, 1682-3|date=1884|page=189}}</ref> By 1685 he had married Mary (d. 1724), the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Horne of Horncastle, a township in Hemsworth, Yorkshire.<ref name=HoP /><ref name=Bigland />

In 1690 his election as Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Gloucester was disputed on the grounds that as he was not a freeman he was ineligible, but had rallied the poorer freemen in his support.<ref>{{cite web|title=VCH Gloucestershire 4: Gloucester 1660-1720: City Government and Politics|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol4/pp112-117|access-date=22 November 2024}}</ref> His election was upheld and he was made a freemen by gift in September 1791.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Calendar of the Registers of the Freemen of Gloucester 1641-1838|date=1991|page=44}}</ref> He represented the city in the Tory interest until 1698 and again from 1702 to 1705.<ref name=HoP /> In 1709 he stood in a by-election, but following violent scenes during the poll was defeated by the Whig who had the support of most of the corporation.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Parliament 1690-1715: Gloucester|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/constituencies/gloucester|access-date=22 November 2024}}</ref>

Following his death on 29 June 1717, a memorial was erected to him and his wife at Hardwicke.<ref name=Bigland />

==Children== *Thomas (d. 1631) married Mary, daughter of Thomas Norwood of Leckhampton, Gloucestershire.<ref>{{cite book|title=A New History of Gloucestershire|first=Samuel|last=Rudder|date=2006|page=472}}</ref> According to Lysons, he 'dissipated the greater part of the inheritance of his ancestors' and was forced to sell Hardwicke to Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Sketch of the Life and Character of the late C. B. Trye|first=Daniel|last=Lysons|date=1848|page=45}}</ref> *William (d. 1739) and was commemorated at Hardwicke<ref name=Bigland /> *Brandon (d. 1728)<ref name=Visit /> *Elizabeth (d. 1733)<ref name=Visit />

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{{s-bef | before = Sir Duncombe Colchester | before2 = William Cooke }} {{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Gloucester | years = 1690–1698 | with = William Cooke to 1695 | with2 = Robert Payne 1695–1698 }} {{s-aft | after = William Selwyn | after2 = Sir William Rich, Bt }} {{s-bef | before = John Hanbury | before2 = Viscount Dursle }} {{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Gloucester | years = 1702–1705 | with = John Grubham Howe July–December 1702 | with2 = John Hanbury from December 1702 }} {{s-aft | after = John Hanbury | after2 = William Cooke }} {{s-end}}

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