Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Baronet

British politician
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IntroBritish politician
A.K.A.John Trevelyan
A.K.A.John Trevelyan
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth6 February 1735
Death18 April 1828 (aged 93 years)
The details

Biography

Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Baronet (6 February 1735 – 18 April 1828), was a British politician.
The member of an ancient Cornwall family, he was the only son of Sir George Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet, of Nettlecombe, Somerset, whom he succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1768. He also inherited Northumbrian estates from his wife's uncle in 1777.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset for 1777–78 and sat as Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1777 to 1780 and for Somerset from 1780 to 1796.
He died in April 1828, aged 93. He had married Louisa Marianne, daughter and coheiress of a Huguenot merchant, Peter Simond of London, with whom he had 6 sons and 2 daughters. His many descendants include:
Sir John Trevelyan 5th Baronet (1761–1846)
Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, 6th Baronet (1797–1879)

Walter Trevelyan (1763–1830)
Venerable George Trevelyan (?1765 - 1827)
Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet
Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet
Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet
George Lowthian Trevelyan 4th Baronet

G. M. Trevelyan

George Philip Trevelyan
Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan.

^ a b c "TREVELYAN, Sir John, 4th Bt. (1735-1828), of Nettlecombe, Som. and Wallington, Northumb.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 May 2013.

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