Sir William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny, 8th Baronet (4 July 1781 – 15 November 1856), was a British politician.
Born William Trelawny, he assumed in 1802 the additional surname of Salusbury.
He served as
High Sheriff of Cornwall
Sheriffs and high sheriffs of Cornwall: a chronological list:
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in 1811
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A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
for Cornwall East from 1832 to 1837. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall. Since 1742, all the Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall.
*John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford 1552–1554
*John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath 1556–?
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from 1839 to 1856.
Salusbury-Trelawny died in November 1856, aged 69. He had married in 1807 Patience Christian Carpenter; they had several children. He was succeeded by his second son 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 ...
as his eldest son Owen had died at a young age in 1830.
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1781 births
1856 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
Lord-Lieutenants of Cornwall
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall
UK MPs 1832–1835
UK MPs 1835–1837
High Sheriffs of Cornwall