Henry Trelawny

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Brigadier-General Henry Trelawny (c.1658 – 8 January 1702), was a British Army officer of Cornish descent, the seventh and youngest son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Baronet and Mary Seymour.

He married Rebecca Hals (Hales), by whom he had children, including:^[1]

• Sir Harry Trelawny, 5th Baronet (1687–1762), an aide-de-camp to the Duke of Marlborough and Member of Parliament
• Captain William Trelawny, married Mary Bisset and had issue

In 1692, his brother Charles resigned the colonelcy of The Queen Consort's Regiment of Foot in protest over King William's supposed partiality to foreign officers, and Henry was appointed colonel. During his military career, Trelawny also served in Tangier and Flanders.^[2]

Parliament of England
Preceded by John Trelawny Jonathan Trelawny	Member of Parliament for West Looe with James Kendall 1685–1689	Succeeded by James Kendall Percy Kirke
Preceded by Charles Trelawny Sir William Trumbull	Member of Parliament for East Looe with Charles Trelawny 1689–1699 Sir Henry Seymour, Bt 1699–1701 1689–1701	Succeeded by Sir Henry Seymour, Bt Francis Godolphin
Preceded by Charles Trelawny Sir John Rogers, Bt	Member of Parliament for Plymouth with Charles Trelawny 1701–1702	Succeeded by Charles Trelawny John Woolcombe
Military offices
Preceded by Charles Trelawny	Colonel of The Queen Consort's Regiment of Foot 1692–1702	Succeeded by William Seymour
Honorary titles
Preceded by Jonathan Trelawny	Vice-Admiral of South Cornwall 1693–1702	Succeeded by Charles Trelawny

[edit] References

1. ^ Kimber, Edward; Richard Johnson, Thomas Wotton (1771). Bibliotheca Cornubiensis. G. Woodfall, 308–. 
2. ^ Stephen, Leslie (1899). Dictionary of National Biography, 174–175. Retrieved on 2007-08-02. 

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs.
• Trelawny genealogy