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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/William_Trye > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/William_Trye.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Trye > Source revision: 1340119020 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use British English|date=December 2017}} '''William Trye''' (1660–1717), of [Hardwicke](/source/Hardwicke%2C_Stroud), [Gloucestershire](/source/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](/source/Hanham), Gloucestershire.{{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}} In 1677 he matriculated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.{{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}} In 1681 he inherited an estate in Hardwicke, where his family had been established since the fifteenth century, from his grandfather.{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/trye-william-1660-1717|title=TRYE, William (1660-1717), of Hardwicke, Glos. | History of Parliament Online|access-date=22 November 2024}} He also inherited the manor of [Haresfield](/source/Haresfield), Gloucestershire, which his grandfather had purchased during the [civil war](/source/English_Civil_War).{{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}} In 1682 he was described as being in France.{{cite book|title=The Visitation Of Gloucestershire, 1682-3|date=1884|page=189}} By 1685 he had married Mary (d. 1724), the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Horne of Horncastle, a township in [Hemsworth](/source/Hemsworth), Yorkshire. In 1690 his election as [Member](/source/Member_of_Parliament) (MP) of the [Parliament of England](/source/Parliament_of_England) for [Gloucester](/source/Gloucester_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) was disputed on the grounds that as he was not a freeman he was ineligible, but had rallied the poorer freemen in his support.{{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}} His election was upheld and he was made a freemen by gift in September 1791.{{cite book|title=A Calendar of the Registers of the Freemen of Gloucester 1641-1838|date=1991|page=44}} He represented the city in the [Tory](/source/Tory) interest until 1698 and again from 1702 to 1705. In 1709 he stood in a by-election, but following violent scenes during the poll was defeated by the [Whig](/source/Whigs_(British_political_party)) who had the support of most of the corporation.{{cite web|title=History of Parliament 1690-1715: Gloucester|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/constituencies/gloucester|access-date=22 November 2024}} Following his death on 29 June 1717, a memorial was erected to him and his wife at Hardwicke. ==Children== *Thomas (d. 1631) married Mary, daughter of Thomas Norwood of [Leckhampton](/source/Leckhampton), Gloucestershire.{{cite book|title=A New History of Gloucestershire|first=Samuel|last=Rudder|date=2006|page=472}} According to [Lysons](/source/Daniel_Lysons_(antiquarian)), he 'dissipated the greater part of the inheritance of his ancestors' and was forced to sell Hardwicke to [Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke](/source/Philip_Yorke%2C_1st_Earl_of_Hardwicke).{{cite book|title=A Sketch of the Life and Character of the late C. B. Trye|first=Daniel|last=Lysons|date=1848|page=45}} *William (d. 1739) and was commemorated at Hardwicke *Brandon (d. 1728) *Elizabeth (d. 1733) ==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|en}} {{s-bef | before = [Sir Duncombe Colchester](/source/Duncombe_Colchester) | before2 = [William Cooke](/source/William_Cooke_(died_1703)) }} {{s-title | title = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Gloucester](/source/Gloucester_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | years = 1690–1698 | with = [William Cooke](/source/William_Cooke_(died_1703)) to 1695 | with2 = [Robert Payne](/source/Robert_Payne_(Gloucester_MP)) 1695–1698 }} {{s-aft | after = [William Selwyn](/source/William_Selwyn_(Lieutenant_Governor_of_Jamaica)) | after2 = [Sir William Rich, Bt](/source/Sir_William_Rich%2C_2nd_Baronet) }} {{s-bef | before = [John Hanbury](/source/John_Hanbury_(1664%E2%80%931734)) | before2 = [Viscount Dursle](/source/James_Berkeley%2C_3rd_Earl_of_Berkeley) }} {{s-title | title = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Gloucester](/source/Gloucester_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | years = 1702–1705 | with = [John Grubham Howe](/source/John_Grubham_Howe) July–December 1702 | with2 = [John Hanbury](/source/John_Hanbury_(1664%E2%80%931734)) from December 1702 }} {{s-aft | after = [John Hanbury](/source/John_Hanbury_(1664%E2%80%931734)) | after2 = [William Cooke](/source/William_Cooke_(1682%E2%80%931709)) }} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Trye, William}} Category:1660 births Category:1717 deaths Category:Politicians from Gloucestershire Category:Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Gloucester Category:English MPs 1702–1705 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [William Trye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Trye) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Trye?action=history)). 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