Constituency Dates
Winchester 1690, 1695 – 1700
Stockbridge 1701 (Dec.) – 1702
Southampton 1702 – 1705
Whitchurch 1708 – 17 Feb. 1708, 1708 – 17 Feb. 1708, 1710 – 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 – 94.

Address
Main residence: Tylney Hall, Hants.
biography text

Descended from a wealthy Hampshire family seated at Rotherwick since 1629,1VCH Hants, iv. 99. 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.

Author
P.W.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. VCH Hants, iv. 99.