George Treby (born c. 1685) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the

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from 1722 to 1727. Treby was the only son of James Treby and the nephew of

Sir George Treby Sir George Treby JP (1643–1700), of Plympton, Devon, and of Fleet Street in the City of London, was Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and six times Member of Parliament for the Rotten Borough of Plympton Erle, Devon, largely controlle ...

, Lorg Chief Justice. He joined the army and was a lieutenant in Colonel Roger Townshend's Foot in April 1706. He was captain in. Colonel de Magny's Portuguese Regiment of Foot in 1709, and captain in the 10th Dragoon Guards in 1715. In January 1720 he became captain and lieutenant-colonel in the

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and then reserve captain when he became Governor of Dartmouth castle in the same year. Treby was returned unopposed as

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for Dartmouth on the Treasury interest, at the 1722, probably through the influence of his cousin, George Treby of

Plympton Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Plym ...

. He did not stand again.in 1727. It is not known when he died.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Treby, George Grenadier Guards officers Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Dartmouth British MPs 1722–1727 1680s births Year of birth uncertain Year of death unknown 18th-century deaths