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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.

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.

TRAILL, GEORGE, elder son of James Traill, Rattar, Caithness, advocate, Sheriff Depute of Caithness, and Lady Janet Sinclair, second dau. of William Sinclair, 10th Earl of Caithness (S); b. 1790; in school list 1801; left 1805; Edinburgh Univ.; adm. advocate, 29 Jan 1811; MP Orkney and Shetland (Whig) 1830 - Dec 1834, Caithness (Whig/Liberal) 1841-69; Vice-Lieut., Caithness; d. unm. 29 Sep 1871.

TOWNSHEND, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Townshend, Castle Townshend, co. Cork, and his second wife Elizabeth, only dau. of Henry Becher, Creagh [check county]; b.; adm. (aged 16) Nov 1747 (Hart's); left 1749; High Sheriff, co. Cork 1753; MP (I) Co. Cork from 1759; a Commissioner of Excise (I) from 22 Jan 1773, and of Revenue (I) from 25 Dec 1773; m. 1752 Elizabeth, only dau. of John Fitzgerald, 15th Knight of Kerry; d. 23 Dec 1783.