Sir Harry Trelawny, 5th Baronet (1687 – 7 April 1762), of Whitleigh, Devon, was a British Army officer and Tory politician who sat in the

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from 1708 to 1710. Trelawne Manor (geograph 2361015)

Trelawny was baptised on 15 February 1687 at Egg Buckland, Devon, the eldest son of Brigadier-General

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of Trelawne, Pelynt, Cornwall and his first wife Rebecca Hals, daughter of Matthew Hals of Effert. In 1702 he succeeded his father. He matriculated at

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on 19 January 1703, aged 15. Trelawny was an aide-de-camp to the

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during the

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and took part in the

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in 1706. He was returned as

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for

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on the family interest at the

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, probably with the support of his Tory uncles Bishop Trelawny,

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and Major-General Charles Trelawny. His only significant political vote was to oppose the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710. However he was courting his cousin, Laetitia Trelawny daughter of the Bishop who was violently opposed to the match and as a result he was dropped at the

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. Trelawny was involved in a lawsuit with his step-mother over his estate, which was resolved in 1716 to the relief of his financial problems. In May 1716, the bishop consented to the marriage between his daughter and nephew which took place on 17 July 1716. In 1756, at the age of 68, he succeeded his cousin

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in the

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. Trelawny died in April 1762, aged 75. He had a son, who predeceased him and three daughters of whom Laetitia married her cousin

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. The baronetcy and Trelawne House passed to William, his nephew and son-in-law.

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