John Tylney, 2nd Earl Tylney

John Tylney, 2nd Earl Tylney (1712 – 17 September 1784) was an English aristocrat and member of parliament who moved to Italy after a homosexual scandal.^[1][2]

John Tylney
a caricature of Earl Tylney
Born	John Child 1712 England
Died	17 September 1784 Naples
Nationality	British
Education	Christ Church in Oxford

Life

Younger Sons of the Duke of Rutland's Names Act 1734
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for enabling the Two Younger Sons of John Duke of Rutland, by Bridget late Dutchess of Rutland, and their respective Children, Progeny, and Issue, to take and use the Surname of Sutton, pursuant to the Will of Robert Lord Lexington, deceased, and in such Manner as is therein mentioned.
Citation	8 Geo. 2. c. 2
Dates
Royal assent	24 March 1735

Tylney, born John Child, was baptized on 22 October 1712. He was the third son of Richard Child, 1st Earl Tylney, and Dorothy, daughter of John Glynne of Henley Park, Surrey. Dorothy Glynne's mother was the heiress Dorothy Tylney whose father was Frederick Tylney of Tylney Hall. Due to the inheritance, Richard Child and his sons all adopted the surname of Tylney in 1734, by private Act of Parliament, the Younger Sons of the Duke of Rutland's Names Act 1734 (8 Geo. 2. c. 2).^[1]

John Child was educated at Westminster School in 1721 and later at Christ Church in Oxford.^[1] At the 1734 general election, his father stood down from his seat at Essex in his favour, but he was not elected.^[3] In 1750, John Child, now John Tylney became the Earl of Tylney and inherited Wanstead House, where he lived. At the 1761 general election, he was returned as Member of Parliament for Malmesbury. In February 1764,^[4] Tylney was in Florence, and later he settled in Naples.^[2]

In 1765, he was a larger seated figure included in a caricature^[5] painting by Thomas Patch.^[4][6] Patch was another Englishman living abroad and he had left Rome for Florence after he had been banished for a scandal based on his homosexuality.^[7]

Tylney died on 17 September 1784 in Naples. His heir was his nephew, James Tylney-Long.^[1]

Gallery

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  The Tylney Family in the Saloon at Wanstead by Old Nollekens, 1740. The Earl is seated at right, attended by his son John, right; his wife sits at the table opposite 3rd son Lt. Josiah RN, whilst a daughter in blue stands behind. To the left is the infant James Long, with father Sir Robert Long looking on (coll. Fairfax House, York, CT198.327).^[8]
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  British Gentlemen at Sir Horace Mann's's Home in Florence (circa 1765), including John Tylney, 2nd Earl Tylney, by Thomas Patch; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection^[4][6]
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  Print by Hogarth showing the Angel Inn, Islington; a rowdy crowd hold up a sign saying "No Old Baby," an anti-Tylney slogan used when he stood in Essex in 1734.^[9]