William Tyler (architect)

William Tyler RA (18 April 1728 – 6 September 1801)[1] was an English sculptor, landscaper, and architect, and one of the three founding members of the Royal Academy, in 1768.

Tyler went to Westminster School, and then studied for some years with leading sculptor Louis François Roubiliac who had moved to London in 1732.

[4] As a sculptor, he produced various monuments, including that to George Lee, 3rd Earl of Lichfield at Spelsbury in Oxfordshire,[5] and one to Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet of Stamford, Speaker of the House of Commons (1770).

[12] He exhibited there between 1869 and 1800, starting with a work described in the catalogue as "a marble bas-relief, an Indian, representing North America, offering the produce of that country to Britannia".

[14] In 1795 Tyler and George Dance, were appointed to examine the accounts of the academy following the resignation of Sir William Chambers.