Edward John Trelawney

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Edward John Trelawney (17921881) was a friend of Shelley and Byron.

Trelawney entered the Royal Navy as a boy, but deserted and took to adventure. He met with Shelley in Pisa, Italy, saw to the cremation of his body when he was drowned, and went with Byron to Greece. He wrote Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron.


This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.