James Endell Tyler
The Rev James Endell Tyler B.D. (30 Jan. 1789–5 Oct. 1851) was an Anglican minister, historian, theologian, residentiary canon of St Pauls Cathedral and Rector of St Giles in the Fields church.
Life
Tyler was born in Monmouth in the Welsh Marches on 30 Jan. 1789, was the son of a solicitor named James Tyler. Educated at Monmouth Grammar School he later attended Oriel College Oxford where he was elected Michel scholar at Queen's College while an undergraduate. In 1812 he obtained a fellowship at Oriel and graduated M.A. on 9 Jan. 1813 and B.D. on 17 Dec. 1823 while from 1818 to 1826 he filled the office of tutor at the college. During his time as a tutor at Oriel he held the perpetual curacy of Moreton Pinkney in Northamptonshire.
While at Oriel Tyler appears to have been opposed by the followers of John Henry Newman in their efforts at reform and redirection of College life. As Vice-Provost he was perceived as protecting and even favouring young men of family and the tradition of the Gentleman-Commoner in opposition to the efforts of Newman and Mozeley who were pushing for more rigour and systematic methods of study. It was said at the time, by Mozeley, that Tyler ‘had cared for gold tufts and silk gowns more than for the college generally’ and that his ‘especial fondness was reserved for the Gentlemen Commoners’[1]. Despite this disagreement, Tyler would go on to be remembered at Oriel College with great popularity and fondness.[2]
In 1826 his preaching attracted the attention of the Prime Minister, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, who presented him to the living of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, a position then held in the gift of the Crown. In 1827 he married Elizabeth Ann, daughter of George Griffin of Newton House, Monmouth.
St Giles in the 1820's was the scene of scandalous poverty and squalour. It was home to the most notorious slum in England and was described by one writer as being emblematic of 'the lowest conditions under which human life is possible'[3]. Despite these less than promising conditions, Tyler appears to have been immensely popular in the parish. Described by E. I. Carlyle as 'was a man who inspired strong esteem' and during the remodelling of the southern end of the Parish in 1846 by James Pennethorne Endell Street was named in his honour at the insistence of his parishioners although, out of modesty, he refused to consent to it being called Tyler Street.
Tyler was widowed young by the death of his wife Eizabeth Ann in 1830 and left with the care of his three children. He later took a second wife, Jane, daughter of Divie Robertson of Bedford Square, by whom he had a son and two daughters.
On 15th of March 1845 Sir Robert Peel appointed Tyler as a residentiary canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, an office which he held alongside his rectorship until his death at home in Bedford Square on the 5th of October 1851. He married, first, on 18 April 1827, He married, secondly, Jane, daughter of Divie Robertson of Bedford Square, by whom he had a son and two daughters.
Works
Tyle
- ^ Nockles, Peter B. "'Oriel & the Making of John Henry Newman': The Annual Lee Seng-Tee Lecture delivered in the Upper Library, Oriel College, 25 May 2008".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Tyler, James Endell", Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, vol. Volume 57, retrieved 2023-04-06
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