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Trelawny, William, ca. 1723-1772
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ca. 1723-1772
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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.