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TYLNEY, JOHN CHILD, 2ND EARL TYLNEY (I), brother of Richard Tylney, Viscount Castlemaine (qv); bapt. 22 Oct 1712; adm. Jul 1721 (as John Child); in under school list 1725; at Eton Coll. 1725-8; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Apr 1732; MA 1734; styled Viscount Castlemaine 1734-50; assumed, with his father, the additional surname of Tylney 24 Mar 1733/4; FRS 11 Dec 1746; succeeded father as 2nd Earl Tylney (I) Mar 1749/50; travelling in Italy 1752-3; MP Malmesbury 1761-8; his homosexuality caused him to leave England permanently in the early 1760s to settle in Italy, where he spent the summers in Florence and the winters in Naples; described by Horace Walpole as “the most generous creature in the world”; bequeathed his great fortune to his nephew, Sir James Tylney Long, Bart. (qv); d. unm. at Naples 17 Sep 1784.

TULK, CHARLES AUGUSTUS, eldest son of John Augustus Tulk, Richmond, Surrey, and Betty Carr (IGI); b. 3 Jun 1786; adm.; KS 1801; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1805, adm. pens. 27 May 1805, scholar 18 Apr 1806; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Mar 1807; assisted in foundation of a society for the publication of Swedenborgís writings in 1810, serving on its committee to 1843; presided at Hawkstone meeting of Swedenborgians in 1814 and other years; MP Sudbury 1820-6, Poole 1835-7; FRS 14 Nov 1822; FSA by 1831; contributed to Intellectual Repository and New Church Advocate; author, Spiritual Christianity, and other works; m. 21 Sep 1807 Susannah, only child of Marmaduke Hart, London and Hampstead, Middlesex, merchant; d. 16 Jan 1849. DNB.

TUFTON, HON. JOHN, son of Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet (qv); b. 22 Nov 1773; adm. 10 May 1786; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, matr. 27 Apr 1798; MP Appleby from 1796; d. 28 May 1799.

TUFTON, HENRY, 11TH EARL OF THANET, son of Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet (qv); b. 2 Jan 1775; adm. 10 May 1786; Grand Tour ( (Italy) 1792-4; Ensign, 26th Foot 19 May 1790; Lieut., 8 Jun 1793; Capt., 27 Sep 1793; half-pay; MP Rochester 1796-1802, Appleby 1826 - 20 Apr 1832; succ. brother as 11th Earl of Thanet 20 Apr 1832; a Whig supporter in House of Commons and House of Lords; Lord Lieut., Kent 16 Nov 1840 - 19 Oct 1846; d. 12 Jun 1849.

TREMAYNE, ARTHUR, son of Arthur Tremayne, Sydenham Maristow, Devon, and Anne, dau. of Sir Halsewell Tynte, Bart. , MP; b. 23 Feb 1700/1; in under school list 1715; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Mar 1718/9, aged 18, but migr. to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 29 May 1719, matr. 1721; MP Launceston 1727-34; of Sydenham, Maristow, Devon; High Sheriff, Devon 1739 [or 1738, check]; m. Dorothy Hammond, Wiltshire; d. 17 Apr 1794.

TRELAWNY-BRERETON, CHARLES, son of Lieut. -Gen. Harry Trelawny, Governor of Landguard Fort, Suffolk, and Mary, dau. of John Dormer, Lee Grange and Quainton, Bucks.; nephew of Sir William Trelawny, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. 6 Apr 1768; left Whitsun 1773; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 4 Mar 1773; Lieut. and Capt., 17 Jan 1777; Capt. -Lieut. and Lieut. -Col., 11 Jul 1785; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 23 Nov 1785; ret. 13 May 1790; inherited Shotwick Park, Cheshire, on death of Owen Salusbury-Brereton (qv) in 1798; assumed additional surname of Brereton 1800; MP Mitchell 1 Feb 1808 - Feb 1809, 2 Aug - Nov 1814; m. 3 Jul 1786 Mary, dau. of Thomas Hawkins MP, Trewithen, Cornwall; d. 10 Sep 1820, aged 61.

TRELAWNY, SIR WILLIAM, BART., son of Capt. William Trelawny, Royal Navy, and Ann, eldest dau. of William Bisset, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 10) May 1733; in school list 1734; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., Sep 1743; Master and Commander 10 May 1754; Post Capt., 9 Apr 1756; commanded HMS Lyon in attack on Guadeloupe 1759; MP West Looe 16 May 1757 - Jun 1767; succ. uncle as 6th baronet 7 Apr 1762; Governor of Jamaica from 1767; m. 25 Jun 1754 (IGI) his cousin Laetitia, sister of Charles Trelawny (adm. 1735, qv); d. in Spanish Town, Jamaica 13 Dec 1772. DNB.

TRELAWNY, EDWARD, fourth son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart. (qv); bapt. 9 Jul 1699; adm.; QS (Capt. ) 1713; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1717, matr. 27 Jun 1717, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1717 - vacated 11 Jul 1721, when re-entered as gentleman commoner; adm. Inner Temple 2 Jun 1715; MP West Looe 20 Jan 1724 - Dec 1732; a Commissioner for Victualling 21 Oct 1725 – 9 Mar 1732/3; a Commissioner of Customs, Scotland 1732-7; elected MP for both West and East Looe at general election 1734, but disqualified for sitting for either, as being a Commissioner of Customs; Governor of Jamaica 30 Apr 1738 - Sep 1752; an able and efficient administrator; settled the Maroons; Col., 49th Foot, from 25 Dec 1743; took part in expedition against Cartagena 1742 and in capture of Port Louis, San Domingo 1748; returned to England 1753; m. 1st, 6 Nov 1737 Amoretta, dau. of John Crawford (and “niece to Countess of Dartmouth” (GM)); m. 2nd, 2 Feb 1752 Catherine, widow of Robert Penny, Attorney-Gen., Jamaica, and dau. of John Douce, Clarendon, Jamaica; d. 16 Jan 1754. DNB. [Perhaps Lieut., 6th Dragoons 1724-6].

TRELAWNY, CHARLES, second son of Very Rev. Edward Trelawny, Dean of Exeter, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Darell, Chacroft, Hampshire; b.; adm. (aged 8) May 1715; Min. Can. 1721; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 Dec 1722, Canoneer Student 8 Jul 1726 - void 16 Jul 1729; BA 1 Feb 1727/8; of Coldrenick, Cornwall; MP Liskeard 25 Mar 1740-54; Assay Master of Tin, Duchy of Cornwall, from 1742; d. unm. 5 Oct 1764.

TREFUSIS, ROBERT, son of Samuel Trefusis, Trefusis, Cornwall, and his first wife Alice, dau. of Sir Robert Cotton, Bart., MP; b. 21 Mar 1707/8; adm. Jan 1720/1; in under school list 1722; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 6 Jul 1724, matr. 1724; MA 1728; Fellow, Pembroke Coll. 1733; MP Truro 1734-41; m. 18 Mar 1736/7 Elizabeth, sister of John Affleck (qv); buried Mylor, Cornwall 28 Aug 1742.