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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, JONATHAN, fourth son of Sir Harry Trelawny, Bart. (qv); bapt. 31 Aug 1785; at school in 1796-8 (ex inf. F. Perry Coste); St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 1 Mar 1803; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1804; Lieut., 26th Native Infantry 19 Sep 1805; Capt., 1 Jan 1819; Maj., 51st Native Infantry 3 Nov 1831; Lieut. -Col., 18 Feb 1838; retd. 20 Dec 1838; d. unm. 13 Sep 1855, aged 70.

TRELAWNY, SIR JONATHAN, BART., third son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart., and Mary, dau. of Sir Edward Seymour, Bart.; b. 24 Mar 1650; adm.; KS 1663; Exeter Coll. Oxford, adm. commoner 14 Apr 1668 while still at school, but elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1668, matr. 11 Dec 1668, Westminster Student 26 Dec 1668- void 1679, Tutor 1678; BA 1672; MA 1675; DD 1685; adm. Middle Temple 1 Nov 1669; ordained 4 Sep 1673; Vicar of South Hill, Cornwall 4 Oct 1677-89; Rector of St. Ives, Cornwall 12 Dec 1677-89; succ. father as 3rd baronet Mar 1680/1; distinguished himself by his active opposition to Monmouth’s rebellion summer 1685; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 8 Nov 1685; refused to sign address in favour of first Declaration of Indulgence 1687; assisted in drawing up the petition of the Bishops against the second Declaration of Indulgence, and was sent to the Tower 8 Jun 1688; tried for seditious libel with the six other bishops and acquitted 30 Jun 1688; took the oaths to William and Mary; translated to Exeter 13 Apr 1689; Archdeacon of Totnes 1693-4, Exeter 1704-7; established his rights as Visitor of Exeter Coll. Oxford 1694; supported Atterbury in his movement for the revival of Convocation; translated to Winchester 14 Jan 1707; a benefactor to the building of Tom Tower, at Christ Church, Oxford, 1680-1; Busby Trustee 28 Jan 1719/20; m. 1684 Rebecca, dau. of Thomas Hele, Bascombe, Devon; d. 19 Jul 1721. DNB.

TRELAWNY, JOHN, eldest son of Sir Harry Trelawny, Bart. (qv); b. 28 Jan 1780; adm. 23 Jan 1788; at school 1791; d. unm. in France 30 Sep 1821.

TRELAWNY, SIR HARRY, BART., only son of Sir William Trelawny, Bart. (qv); b. Jun 1756; adm. 19 Jan 1770; succ. father as 7th baronet 11 Dec 1772; left Midsummer 1773; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Jul 1773; BA 1776; MA 1781; ordained minister of Church of Christ at West Looe, Cornwall 22 Apr 1777; reverted to Church of England; ordained deacon and priest (Exeter) 22 Jun 1781; Prebendary of Exeter 27 Jan 1789-1810; Vicar of St. Allen, Cornwall 1791-3; Vicar of Egloshayle, Cornwall 22 Jul 1793-1804; Roman Catholic convert 1810; ordained priest (RC) 30 May 1830; m. 28 Apr 1778 Ann, dau. of Rev. James Brown, Rector of Portishead, Somerset; d. at Laveno, Lago Maggiore, Italy 25 Feb 1834.

TRELAWNY, HAMELIN, third son of Sir Harry Trelawny, Bart. (qv); b. 16 Oct 1782; at school under Vincent (ex inf. F. Perry Coste); 2nd Lieut., Royal Artillery 28 Apr 1798; Lieut., 2 Oct 1799; 2nd Capt., 28 Dec 1805; Capt., 22 Jul 1813; Brevet Maj., 12 Aug 1819; Lieut. -Col., 27 May 1831; Col., 23 Nov 1841; served in Netherlands 1799 and in the Peninsular War 1813-4; Governor of St. Helena 1842-6; m. 1806 Martha, dau. of Joseph Rogers, Sea View, co. Cork; d. 3 May 1856.

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].