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Lieutenant-General William Tryon (8 June 1729 – 27 January 1788) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as governor of North Carolina from 1764 to 1771 and the governor of New York from 1771 to 1777.
- Dwight William Tryon
Dwight William Tryon (August 13, 1849 – July 1, 1925) was an...
- Dwight William Tryon
Tryon was ordered to invade Connecticut and destroy Rebel arsenals in that colony. While in Connecticut, he encountered and defeated Patriot troops at the Battle of Ridgefield. During the war, Tryon was a strong advocate of targeting and attacking civilians.
Dwight William Tryon (August 13, 1849 – July 1, 1925) was an American landscape painter in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work was influenced by James McNeill Whistler, and he is best known for his landscapes and seascapes painted in a tonalist style.
William Tryon was an important British figure in the buildup to the Revolutionary War. He served as the Royal Governor of two British colonies, North Carolina and New York, as both of these colonies hurdled towards rebellion in the 1770s.
With the arrival of Royal Governor William Tryon in 1765, volatile conditions in North Carolina increasingly worsened. Many of the officers were greedy and often would band together with other local officials for their own personal gain.
- 1766-1771
- Colonial government victory
- Central North Carolina
William Tryon, professional soldier and governor of the province of North Carolina and New York on the eve of the Revolution, was born at Norbury Park in Surrey, England.
…the administration of Royal Governor William Tryon. Tryon had angered colonists throughout North Carolina by preventing the colonial assembly from sending a delegation to the Stamp Act Congress (1765), and his attempts to enforce the Navigation Acts aroused passions further. Read More
