Sir Edward Trevor was the founder of the fortunes of the Trevor dynasty, a major family of Denbighshire

Denbighshire

Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...

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While on military service in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

, Edward Trevor married into a landed family and thus acquired the Rostrevor estate in County Down

County Down

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. He was knighted in 1617, and built the mansion of Brynkynallt on his estates at Chirk

Chirk

Chirk is a small town and local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It has a population of over 4,000....

 in 1619. In 1634 he was MP for Newtown, Montgomeryshire. In 1641 he was captured and imprisoned by Irish rebels

Irish Confederate Wars

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, and he died in captivity.

External links

• Welsh Biography Online Welsh Trevors