Sir John Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet (9 April 1670 – 25 September 1755) of Nettlecombe, Somerset was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 1722.
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Trevelyan was the eldest surviving son of Sir George Trevelyan, 1st Baronet of Nettlecombe Court and his wife Margaret Willoughby, daughter of John Willoughby of Ley Hill, Honiton, Devon. A year old, in 1671, he succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father.[1] He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford in 1687.[2]
Trevelyan sat as Member of Parliament for Somerset from 1695 to 1698 and in 1701 and was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset for the year 1704 to 1705.[3] He was returned as MP for Minehead at the 1708 general election to 1715 and from 1717 to 1722.[4]
Trevelyan died in September 1755, aged 85, having held the baronetcy for 84 years. He had married twice: firstly Urith Pole, the daughter of Sir John Pole, 3rd Baronet of Shute, with whom he had a daughter who predeceased him and secondly Susanna Warren, the daughter and heiress of William Warren of Stallensthorn, Devon, with whom he had 3 sons and 5 daughters. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by George Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet.[1]
References
- ^ a b Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1903), Complete Baronetage volume 3 (1649-1664), vol. 3, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 11 January 2019
- ^ Foster, Joseph. "Tracie-Tyson in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 pp. 1501-1528". British History Online. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "TREVELYAN, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (1670-1755), of Nettlecombe, Som". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "TREVELYAN, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (?1670-1755), of Nettlecombe, Som". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 27 May 2013.
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