The author of this letter was an unremarkable but loyal Tory First Baronet; his eldest son John Tyssen Tyrell who became Second Baronet had a long Parliamentary career as a Tory MP in Essex from 1830 to 1857. The History of Parliament online offers a detailed career and colourful life story. The younger son Charles, educated at Oriel College Oxford, pursued the standard younger son path into the Church. At the date of the letter, Charles Tyssen Jenner Tyrell was Stipendiary Curate of the Essex parish of South Hanningfield with West Hanningfield annexed, which suggests to me rural obscurity. The patronage exercised on is behalf by the Tory MP Quintin Dick has additionally secured him a “chaplaincy to a Nobleman” which will boost his income; who the Nobleman was I cannot trace.
Quintin Dick re-appears elsewhere on this site thanks to a chance find of over fifty letters addressed to him.
Transcription
Addressed
to: Quintin Dick Esq M.P. Curzon
Srreet Mayfair
Datelined:
Boreham House July 13th 1828
Intact
armorial seal; faded CHELMSFORD postmark; London FREE mark 15 JY 1828
My
Dear Sir
I
embrace the first opportunity of assuring you how much I feel obliged by your
kindness to my son Chas. in obtaining for him a chaplaincy to a Nobleman of
which, I trust he also is duly sensible. I am happy to find from John [that] Mr
Hugh Dick [Quintin Dick’s brother] was satisfied with his reception at Maldon
& I know of my own knowledge his consitutuents were equally so with him
& that he made a great impression there. Am sorry my friend Beaminster is
by no means well though I think him better.
With
sentiments of friendship believe me most faithfully yr. John Tyrell
References
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/tyrell-john-1795-1877
Wikipedia: Quintin Dick
Wikipedia: Sir John Tyrell, 2nd Baronet
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