Sir John Trevor was a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 politician.

He was the second son of John Trevor of Trevalyn, Denbighshire, and the younger brother of Richard Trevor

Richard Trevor (politician)

Sir Richard Trevor was a Welsh landowner, soldier and politician.He was the eldest son of John Trevor of Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire. He was the elder brother of Sir John Trevor, Sir Thomas Trevor and Sir Sackville Trevor...

 and older brother of Thomas Trevor and Sackville Trevor

Sackville Trevor

Sir Sackville Trevor was a Welsh sea captain and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625.Sackville Trevor was son of John Trevor of Trevalyn, Denbighshire, and the brother of Sir Richard Trevor, Sir John Trevor and Sit Thomas Trevor. He served with distinction under Admiral Howard of...

.He served Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham , known as Howard of Effingham, was an English statesman and Lord High Admiral under Elizabeth I and James I...

, as did his brothers Richard and Sackville.

Trevor represented Howard's pocket boroughs (Reigate

Reigate (UK Parliament constituency)

Reigate is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

 in 1593 and 1601 and Bletchingley

Bletchingley (UK Parliament constituency)

Bletchingley was a parliamentary borough in Surrey. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until 1832, when the constituency was...

 in 1597, 1604, and 1614) in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 between 1592 and 1621. In 1598 he became Surveyor

Surveyor of the Navy

The Surveyor to the Navy was a civilian officer in the Royal Navy. He was a member of the Navy Board from the inauguration of that body in 1546, and held overall responsibility for the design of British warships, although until 1745 the actual design work for warships built at each Royal Dockyard...

 of the Queen

Elizabeth I of England

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's Ships, and in 1603 he was knighted. In 1621 he was elected MP for Bodmin

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...

 and in 1625 for East Looe

East Looe (UK Parliament constituency)

East Looe was a parliamentary borough represented in the House of Commons of England from 1571 to 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1797 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 until its abolition in 1832. It elected two Members of Parliament ...

.

His son, John

John Trevor (1596 - 1673)

Sir John Trevor , of Trevalyn Hall in Denbighshire, was a Welsh Puritan Member of Parliament during the reigns of James I and Charles I, and a member of the Council of State during the Commonwealth...

, and grandson, also John

John Trevor (1626-1672)

Sir John Trevor was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1672.Trevor was a son of Sir John Trevor of Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire...

, were both MPs.