Sir John Trelawny, 4th Baronet (26 July 1691 – 2 February 1756), of Trelawne in

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, was a Cornish politician who sat in the

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from 1713 to 1734. Trelawny was the eldest son of

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and his wife Rebecca Hele, daughter of Thomas Hele of Bascombe, Devon. His father was

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and

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. He matriculated at

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on 26 January 1708. He married Agnes Blackwood daughter of Thomas Blackwood of Scotland. He succeeded his father in the

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on 19 July 1721. The Trelawny family had extensive political interest in Cornwall. Trelawny entered Parliament at a by-election on 20 April 1713 as Member of Parliament for West Looe, a family seat, and was returned at the 1713 general election soon after. He was appointed Groom of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales in 1714. In

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he was returned unopposed as MP for

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. He was appointed Recorder of East Looe in about 1721 and retained the position until 1734. He was returned unopposed as MP for West Looe again in

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and then for East Looe at the 1727 general election. He did not stand in

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. Trelawny had no children, and his younger brother, Edward Trelawny,

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, died before him. He was therefore succeeded in the baronetcy by his cousin,

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