Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Baronet
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Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Baronet (6 February 1735 18 April 1828), was a British politician.
The member of an ancient Cornwall
family, Trevelyan sat as Member of Parliament
for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
from 1777 to 1780 and for Somerset
from 1780 to 1796. He died in April 1828, aged 93. His many descendants include:
The member of an ancient Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
family, Trevelyan sat as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK Parliament constituency)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne was a borough constituency in the county of Northumberland of the House of Commons of England to 1706 then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918...
from 1777 to 1780 and for Somerset
Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)
Somerset was a parliamentary constituency in Somerset, which returned two Members of Parliament , known traditionally as knights of the shire, to the House of Commons of England until 1707, the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from...
from 1780 to 1796. He died in April 1828, aged 93. His many descendants include:
- Sir John Trevelyan 5th Baronet (1761–1846)
- Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, 6th Baronet (1797–1879)
- Walter Trevelyan (1763–1830)
- Venerable George Trevelyan (?1765 - 1827)
- Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st BaronetSir Charles Trevelyan, 1st BaronetSir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, KCB was a British civil servant and colonial administrator. As a young man, he worked with the colonial government in Calcutta, India; in the late 1850s and 1860s he served there in senior-level appointments...
- Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd BaronetSir George Trevelyan, 2nd BaronetSir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet OM, PC was a British statesman and author. In a ministerial career stretching almost 30 years, he was most notably twice Secretary of State for Scotland under William Ewart Gladstone and the Earl of Rosebery...
- Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd BaronetSir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd BaronetSir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet PC , the Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland, was a British Liberal, and later Labour, politician and landowner...
- George Lowthian Trevelyan 4th Baronet
- G. M. TrevelyanG. M. TrevelyanGeorge Macaulay Trevelyan, OM, CBE, FRS, FBA , was a British historian. Trevelyan was the third son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, and great-nephew of Thomas Babington Macaulay, whose staunch liberal Whig principles he espoused in accessible works of literate narrative avoiding a...
- Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet
- Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet
- George Philip Trevelyan
- Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan.
- Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet