Anthony Tryon, 3rd Baron Tryon

Anthony George Merrik Tryon, 3rd Baron Tryon (26 May 1940 – 22 December 2018) was a British peer, businessman, and courtier who was a close confidant of Charles, Prince of Wales (later Charles III).

Early life Anthony George Merrik Tryon was born on 26 May 1940 to the Hon. Charles George Vivian Tryon and his wife, Etheldreda Josephine Burrell (1909–2002), daughter of Sir Merrik Burrell, 7th Baronet. One month before his birth, his paternal grandfather, George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon, had been created Baron Tryon. He died in November 1940, and the title passed to Tryon's father.

Tryon was educated at Eton College. At the coronation of Elizabeth II in June 1953, he served as page to his father, who was Keeper of the Privy Purse. He later served as a page of honour to the Queen, carrying her train at ceremonial occasions including the State Opening of Parliament and Garter Day.

In 1972, Tryon was made a captain in the recently established Wessex Yeomanry. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2001 Birthday Honours for his work with the Salisbury Cathedral Spire Trust.

Personal life Tryon married Australian socialite Dale Harper on 13 April 1973 at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, in a ceremony attended by Princess Margaret and Prince Michael of Kent. They had four children: The Honourable Zoë Elizabeth Tryon (born 1 May 1974)

In June 1997, Tryon informed his wife that he wished to end their marriage. Shortly afterwards, she was detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, and the couple's decree nisi was announced on 1 September 1997. He never remarried.

Tryon died at his home in Great Durnford on 22 December 2018, aged 78. He was buried in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Great Durnford. He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, Charles.