John Trelawny (d. 1680)
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Captain John Trelawny was an English army officer of Cornish
descent, the eldest son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Baronet
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Trelawny was appointed a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber in 1674, and was returned as Member of Parliament
for West Looe
in 1677.
He married Catherine Jenkyn and was killed, without issue, at Tangier
, predeceasing his father.
Cornish people
The Cornish are a people associated with Cornwall, a county and Duchy in the south-west of the United Kingdom that is seen in some respects as distinct from England, having more in common with the other Celtic parts of the United Kingdom such as Wales, as well as with other Celtic nations in Europe...
descent, the eldest son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Baronet
Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Baronet
Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Baronet , of Trelawny in Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament.He was the fourth child and eldest son of Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet, High Sheriff of Cornwall, and succeeded to the baronetcy on 16 February 1664.He entered Parliament in 1660 as member for East...
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Trelawny was appointed a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber in 1674, and was returned as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for West Looe
West Looe (UK Parliament constituency)
West Looe was a rotten borough represented in the House of Commons of England from 1535 to 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1797 to 1800, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election...
in 1677.
He married Catherine Jenkyn and was killed, without issue, at Tangier
Tangier
Tangier, also Tangiers is a city in northern Morocco with a population of about 700,000 . It lies on the North African coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel...
, predeceasing his father.