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Trelawny (surname)
Trelawny or Trelawney is a habitational surname that originated in Cornwall. The family are said to have descended from Haemlin, who held several manors from Robert, Count of Mortain, according to the Domesday Book. People * Trelawny baronets * Charles Trelawny (other), several people: ** Charles Trelawny (died 1731), soldier and MP for East Looe and Plymouth ** Charles Trelawny (of Coldrenick) (fl. 1740s), MP for Liskeard ** Charles Trelawny Brereton, born Charles Trelawny (died 1820), MP for Mitchell * Edward Trelawney, Dean of Exeter between 1717 and 1726 * Edward Trelawny (colonial administrator) (1699–1754), British governor of Jamaica * Edward John Trelawny (1792–1881), biographer and novelist, friend of Byron and Shelley * Harry Trelawny (other), several people: ** Sir Harry Trelawny, 5th Baronet (1687–1762), British officer ** Harry Trelawny (1726–1800), British general and Coldstream Guards officer, nephew of the 5th Baronet ** Sir Harry T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habitational Surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name."Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar. This can include specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or of lands that they held, or can be more generic, derived from topographic features.Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59. Toponymic surnames originated as non-hereditary personal s, and only subsequently came to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hele's School
Hele's School, formerly Plympton Grammar School, is a mixed Academy school and Sixth Form in the Plympton district of Plymouth, England, east of Plymouth city centre. Until 31 March 2011, Hele’s was a community school funded by the Local Education Authority (LEA), which is Plymouth City Council. From 1 April 2011, Hele's became an Academy, which among other things gives the school financial and educational independence. The school has a voluntary Combined Cadet Force with Navy, Army and RAF sections. Cadets in the CCF are given the option to take part in the annual Ten Tors Challenge on Dartmoor. Admissions In September 2000, the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) designated the school as a specialist Language College. The school has also been designated as a Mathematics and Computing College and has also taken on applied learning specialism. Academy status In June 2010, the government wrote to all schools that had been judged as 'outstanding' by Ofsted, inviting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Looe (UK Parliament Constituency)
West Looe, often spelt Westlow or alternative Westlowe, in Cornwall, England, was a rotten borough represented in the House of Commons of England from 1535 to 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It elected two Members of Parliament (MP) by the bloc vote system of election. It was disfranchised in the Reform Act 1832. History West Looe was one of a number of Cornish boroughs enfranchised in the Tudor period, and like almost all of them it was a rotten borough from the start, with the size and importance of the community that comprised it quite inadequate to justify its representation. The borough consisted of the town of West Looe in Cornwall, connected by bridge across the River Looe to East Looe, which was also a parliamentary borough. From the reign of Edward VI, West Looe and East Looe were jointly a borough, returning two members of Parliament; however, under Queen Elizabeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Trelawny (died 1682)
John Trelawny may refer to: * John Trelawny I (fl. 1397), MP for Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency) in 1397, father of John Trelawny II * John Trelawny II (fl. 1413–1421), MP for Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency) 1413–1421, son of John Trelawny I * John Trelawny III (fl. 1421–1449), MP for Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency) 1421 and Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency) 1449 * John Trelawny (died 1563), Member of Parliament (MP) for Liskeard * John Trelawny (died 1568), his son, High Sheriff of Cornwall * Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet (1592–1664), Royalist before and during the English Civil War * John Trelawny (died 1680), MP for West Looe * John Trelawny (died 1682), MP for West Looe (UK Parliament constituency) * John Trelawny (1633–1706), MP for Plymouth (UK Parliament constituency) * Sir John Trelawny, 4th Baronet (1691–1756), MP for East Looe, West Looe and Liskeard * Sir John Salusbury-Trelawny, 9th Baronet Sir John Salusbury Salusbury-Trelawny, 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Trelawny (died 1680)
Captain John Trelawny (c. 1646 – 14 May 1680) was an English army officer of Cornish descent, the eldest son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Baronet. Trelawny was appointed a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber in 1674, and was returned as Member of Parliament for West Looe in 1677. He married Catherine Jenkyn and was killed, without issue, at Tangier Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the capi ..., predeceasing his father. References * 1640s births 1680 deaths Politicians from Cornwall English army officers Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber English MPs 1661–1679 English MPs 1679 English MPs 1680–1681 English military personnel killed in action Soldiers of the Tangier Garrison Heirs appar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet
Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet (24 April 1592 – 16 February 1664) was a Cornish baronet and soldier from Trelawne, Cornwall. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall. A Royalist MP, he fought for Charles I in the English Civil War. Origins John Trelawny was born in Hall, near Fowey in Cornwall on 24 April 1592, and baptised in Fowey on 7 May. He was the eldest son of Jonathan Trelawny and Elizabeth Killigrew. He studied at Merton College, Oxford where he matriculated 23 October 1607. He succeeded his father in 1604 to the Trelawne manor his father had bought from the crown in 1600. Parliament In 1628, Trelawny became involved in the dispute between Charles I and leading members of Parliament which eventually led to the English Civil War. The King was anxious to influence the election of MPs so as to secure a more pliable Parliament, and in Cornwall efforts on his behalf were being directed by one James Bagg, acting in concert with the Duke of Buckingham. Two of the King's most impl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Trelawny (died 1568)
John Trelawny (or Trelawney) (died 14 October 1568), of Pool in Menheniot, Cornwall, was an English landowner. The son of another John Trelawny of Pool, who had been a co-heir of the Earl of Devon, he was the head of one of Cornwall's leading families. He was also High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1561 and 1567, and a Deputy Lieutenant, and was paid the sum of £6 for not taking the order of knighthood. Trelawny died in 1568. He had married Anne Reskymer. His eldest son, John (died 1569), was an infant when he inherited his father's estate and lived only a few months afterwards, but the inheritance passed to a second son, Jonathan (later Sir Jonathan, 1568–1604), born after his father's death. His widow was remarried to William Mohun Sir William Mohun (ca. 1540 – 6 April 1588) of Hall in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey and of Boconnoc, both in Cornwall, was a Member of Parliament. Origins He was the son and heir of Reginald Mohun (1507/8–1567) of Hall and Boconnoc, by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Trelawny (died 1563)
John Trelawny (or Trelawney) (c. 1504 – 29 September 1563) was a Cornish Member of Parliament. The son of Walter and Isabella Trelawny of Poole-in-Menheniot, Cornwall, he was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1547 and 1560. He represented Liskeard in the first Parliament of 1553 and Cornwall from 1559 until his death. He married twice; his son by his marriage to Margery Lamelion, John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ..., was his heir and also served as High Sheriff. Notes References * ''Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall'' (Exeter: William Pollard & Co, 1887 * * Richard Polwhele and John Whitaker (historian), John Whitaker, ''The Civil and Military History of Cornwall '' (London: Cadell & Davies, 1806) 1500s births 1563 deaths Politicians from Cornwall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Trelawny III
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwall (UK Parliament Constituency)
Cornwall is a former county constituency covering the county of Cornwall, in the South West of England. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire, elected by the bloc vote system. Under the Reform Act 1832, it was divided between the constituencies of East Cornwall and West Cornwall. Boundaries and franchise The constituency consisted of the whole of the historic county of Cornwall, the most south-westerly county of England, occupying the part of the South West peninsula to the west of the River Tamar which divides the county from Devon. (Although Cornwall contained a number of parliamentary boroughs, each of which elected two MPs in their own right, these were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within a borough could confer a vote at the county elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Trelawny II
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodmin (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bodmin was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall from 1295 until 1983. Initially, it was a parliamentary borough, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England and later the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1868 general election, when its representation was reduced to one member. The old borough was abolished with effect from the 1885 general election, but the name was transferred to a county constituency, which elected a single member until the constituency was abolished with effect from the 1983 general election, when the area it then covered was divided between the existing North Cornwall and the new Cornwall South East. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Boroughs of Bodmin and Liskeard, the Sessional Division of East, South, and West Hundred, part of the Sessional Division of Powder Tywardreath, and the parishes of Bodmin, Helland, and Lanivet. 1918–1950: The Boroughs of Bodmin, Fowey, Liskeard, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
