John Hearle Tremayne
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John Hearle Tremayne (17 March 1780 - 27 August 1851) was Tory MP for Cornwall from 12 Nov 1806 until 1826 [1] and a JP.
He was born on 17 March 1780, the son of Rev. Henry Hawkins Tremayne (1741-1829) and Harriet, his wife, the daughter of John Hearle of Penryn.
When he inherited the Heligan estate he continued the agricultural and horticultural developments started by his father.
He was elected as one of the two MPs for the County of Cornwall in the elections held in 1806, 1807, 1812, 1818 and 1820, for the Tory Party. He served as High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1833.
[edit] Marriage and family
In 1818, he married Caroline Matilda Lemon, the daughter of Sir William Lemon MP, and the sister of Sir Charles Lemon, the other County MP but of the Whig persuasion [2].
Their children were:
- John (15 April 1825–1901) was an MP and further developed the gardens at the Heligan estate. He married the Hon. Mary Charlotte Vivian, daughter of Lord Vivian of Glynn [4].
- Arthur Tremayne (1827-1905), inherited most of Sir Charles Lemon's wealth, his mother's brother [5].
- Henry Hawkins Tremayne (born 24 March 1830) married Charlotte Jane, 3rd daughter of John Buller [4]
- Mary Tremayne married Reverend John Townshend Boscawen, son of Rev. Hon. John Evelyn Boscawen and Catherine Elizabeth Annesley, on 13 February 1851. She died on 25 November 1895 [6].
- Harriet married Sir John Salusbury Salusbury-Trelawny in 1842 [7].
- Caroline (Died young) [4]
[edit] Records
The records of the Tremayne family are held by the Cornwall Record Office [8].
[edit] References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs.
- ^ "Notes on the Parish of Mylor", published by Hugh Pengelly Olivey 1907
- ^ The Times, Thursday, Mar 13, 1823; pg. 3; Issue 11818; col E
- ^ a b c A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain 1863, p.1535: Tremayne descent. and married Lady Margaret Frances Hutchinson, daughter of Lord Donoughmore.
- ^ Talbot correspondence, Footnote 8.
- ^ ThePeerage.Com
- ^ ODNB article by David Steele, ‘Trelawny, Sir John Salusbury Salusbury-, ninth baronet (1816–1885)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [1], accessed 11 March 2008.
- ^ Cornwall Record Office.
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| Preceded by Sir William Lemon, Bt Francis Gregor |
Member of Parliament for Cornwall with Sir William Lemon, Bt 1806–1825 Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bt 1825–1826 1806–1826 |
Succeeded by Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bt Edward William Wynne Pendarves |
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