BIRTH— On the 7th inst., the wife of John Chatfield Tyler bs,,. ?f 4. ( liesterfield-street, Mayfair, of a son. Morning Post, London, England. 09 Mar 1827. (Probably Chesterfield Street, Mayfair.)
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Death GRO 1st qtr 1908
TYLER, Henry Whatley 80 Pancras 1b 99
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Great Britain, War Office Registers
Name: Henry Whatley Tyler
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 19 Dec 1844
Event Place: United Kingdom
Age: 17
Birth Year (Estimated): 1827
Birthplace: 4 Chesterfield St London
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Sir Henry Whatley Tyler (7 March 1827 – 1908) was a pioneering British engineer and politician, who contributed to the Great Exhibition of 1851 and whose collections helped found the Science Museum in South Kensington. His interests were mainly in railways, where he served Inspector of Railways and a railway company director but also in water and iron working. He was also a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1892.
Tyler was born in Mayfair, London, the son of John Chatfield Tyler and attended the Royal Military Academy Woolwich. He joined the Royal Engineers and in 1851 was a lieutenant called upon by Henry Cole to assist with the organisation of the Great Exhibition. In 1860 he donated a set of prospectuses to the State Library of Victoria.
On retirement from the Railway Inspectorate, he became President of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada in 1877 where he established a successful working relationship with Sir Joseph Hickson.[5] He was also chairman of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company and Deputy Chairman of the Great Eastern Railway Company.
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England and Wales Census, 1891
Name: Henry W Tyler
Event Place: Edmonton, Middlesex, England
Event Place Note: Pymmes Park Silver Street
County: Middlesex
Parish: Edmonton
Ecclesiastical Parish: ALL SAINTS
Enumeration District: 8
Registration District: Edmonton
Gender: Male
Age: 64
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: President To Grainer Trun H Rail M P
Birth Year (Estimated): 1827
Birthplace: London, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Page Number: 28
Registration Number: RG12
Piece/Folio: 1082/ 71
Affiliate Record Type: Household
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Henry W Tyler Head M 64 London, England
Margarett Tyler Wife F 65 Kent, England
Margarett L Tyler Dau F 32 London, England
Madeline G Tyler Dau F 30 London, England
Susannah Dawson Servant F 50 Essex, England
Sarah Davis Servant F 34 Cardiganshire, England
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The area known as Pymmes Park dates back to 1327 when William Pymme built Pymmes House there.[2] Prior to 1578 the estate changed hands several times until Thomas Wilson a statesman bought the estate in 1579. In 1582 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Lord High Treasurer, purchased the estate which remained in the family until 1801. The Ray family owned the estate from 1808 to 1899. The estate was then purchased by the local council to provide public open space following an increase in the local population. The park was opened to the public in 1906.
