TYLNEY, Frederick (?1653-1725), of Tylney Hall, Hants.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Constituency

Dates

1690 - 1700
1701 - 1702
1702 - 1705
17 Jan. - 17 Feb. 1708
5 May - 21 Dec. 1708
1710 - 1715
25 May - 26 June 1721

Family and Education

b. ?1653, s. of Francis Tylney of Rotherwick, Hants by Dorothy, da. of Robert Henley of Bramshill. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 22 Oct. 1669, aged 16. m. 7 Sept. 1688, Anne, da. of George Pitt of Strathfieldsaye, Hants, 1da. suc. fa. 1684.

Offices Held

Commr. to inquire into encroachments in the New Forest 1691-4.

Biography

Descended from a wealthy Hampshire family seated at Rotherwick since 1629,1 Tylney, a Tory, was defeated at Whitchurch in 1715. Recovering the seat at a by-election in 1721, but unseated on petition a month later, he was defeated at the general election of 1722. He died 2 Oct. 1725, his property passing after the death of his daughter, Anne, Baroness Craven, to his niece, whose husband, Sir Richard Child, Viscount Castlemaine, adopted the name of Tylney.

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Paula Watson

Notes

  • 1. VCH Hants, iv. 99.