Born: May 3, 1811, Kill­er­ton (near Ex­e­ter), Eng­land.

Died: June 19, 1857, Bride­head, Eng­land.

Second son of Sir Thom­as Dyke Ac­land, Troyte was ed­u­cat­ed at Har­row and Christ Church, Ox­ford (BA 1832), and took the name Troyte in 1852. He stu­died law, and had an in­ter­est in sci­ence. For rea­sons un­known, he changed his name to Troyte in 1852. He wrote chants and tunes for the 1857 Sal­is­bu­ry Hymn Book.

Sources

Music

1. Bridehead