Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet

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Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet (24 April 159216 February 1664) was an English baronet and soldier.

Trelawny was arrested in 1627 for breach of parliamentary privilege but released and created a baronet in 1628. He distinguished himself on the Royalist side in the English Civil War fighting alongside Sir Ralph Hopton and Sir Reginald Mohun of Boconnoc, his friend and father-in-law .

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Baronetage of England
Preceded by
New creation
Baronet
(of Trelawny)
1628–1664
Succeeded by
Jonathan Trelawny