TYRRELL, James (c.1674-1742), of Shotover, Oxon.

The son of a wealthy Whig country gentleman, who was an intimate friend of John Locke’s and the author of a number of political and historical works, Tyrrell served in the wars of William III and Marlborough. Obtaining a court place at George I’s accession, he was brought into Parliament by the Duke of Newcastle for one of his pocket boroughs, voting consistently with the Government till his death 30 Aug. 1742.