Trelawny (surname) explained

Trelawny or Trelawney is a habitational surname that originated in Cornwall.^[1] The family are said to have descended from Haemlin, who held several manors from Robert, Count of Mortain, according to the Domesday Book.^[2]

People

• Trelawny baronets
• Charles Trelawny (disambiguation), several people:
  • Charles Trelawny (died 1731), soldier and MP for East Looe and Plymouth
  • Charles Trelawny (of Coldrenick) (fl. 1740s), MP for Liskeard
  • Charles Trelawny Brereton, born Charles Trelawny (died 1820), MP for Mitchell
• Edward Trelawney, Dean of Exeter between 1717 and 1726
• Edward Trelawny (colonial administrator) (1699–1754), British governor of Jamaica
• Edward John Trelawny (1792–1881), biographer and novelist, friend of Byron and Shelley
• Harry Trelawny (disambiguation), several people:
  • Sir Harry Trelawny, 5th Baronet (1687–1762), British officer
  • Harry Trelawny (1726–1800), British general and Coldstream Guards officer, nephew of the 5th Baronet
  • Sir Harry Trelawny, 7th Baronet (1756–1834), Protestant preacher and convert to Roman Catholicism, nephew of the general; see Hele's School
• Henry Trelawny (c. 1658 – 1702), British Army officer
• John Trelawny (disambiguation), several people:
  • John Trelawny I (fl. 1397), MP for Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency) in 1397, father of John Trelawny II
  • John Trelawny II (fl. 1413–1421), MP for Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency) 1413–1421, son of John Trelawny I
  • John Trelawny III (fl. 1421–1449), MP for Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency) 1421
  • John Trelawny (died 1563), Member of Parliament (MP) for Liskeard
  • John Trelawny (died 1568), his son, High Sheriff of Cornwall
  • Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet (1592–1664), Royalist before and during the English Civil War
  • John Trelawny (died 1680), MP for West Looe
  • John Trelawny (died 1682), MP for West Looe (UK Parliament constituency)
  • John Trelawny (1633–1706), MP for Plymouth (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Sir John Trelawny, 4th Baronet (1691–1756), MP for East Looe, West Looe and Liskeard
  • Sir John Salusbury-Trelawny, 9th Baronet (1816–1885), MP for Tavistock and Eastern Cornwall
• Jonathan Trelawny (disambiguation), several people:
  • Sir Jonathan Trelawny (High Sheriff of Cornwall), Member of Parliament for Liskeard and Cornwall
  • Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Baronet (c. 1623 – 1681), his grandson, Member of Parliament for East Looe, Cornwall and Liskeard
  • Jonathan Trelawny (1648-1705), of Plymouth, MP for West Looe (UK Parliament constituency) 1677–1685 and 1690–1695
  • Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet (1650–1721), Bishop of Bristol, Exeter and Winchester
• Petroc Trelawny (born 1971), British radio presenter
• Robert Trelawney (1598–1643), English merchant, politician and colonist
• Samuel Trelawny (1630–1666), English lawyer and politician
• Sir William Trelawny, 6th Baronet (c. 1722 – 1772), British governor of Jamaica

Fictional characters

• Sybill Trelawney, a character in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
• Squire Trelawney, a character in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Jill Trelawney, an ambiguous villain in She Was a Lady, part of the Simon Templar series by Leslie Charteris
• Doctor Trelawney, the eccentric English naturalist and sometime surgeon in Il Visconte Dimezzato by Italo Calvino
• Mr. Trelawney Hope, a character in the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Second Stain by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Petroc Trelawney, a pet rock in the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage
• Sean Trelawney, a character in the 1998 TV drama series The Net
• Abel and Margaret Trelawney, characters in Bram Stoker's Gothic horror novel The Jewel of Seven Stars
• Dr. Trelawney, the occultist in the A Dance to the Music of Time series by Anthony Powell
• Josiah Trelawny, a character in Red Dead Redemption II

See also

• Trelawny (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Book: Redmonds . George . King . Turi . Hey . David . Surnames, DNA, and Family History . 25 August 2011 . OUP Oxford . 978-0-19-958264-8 . 86 . en.
2. Book: Hitchins . Fortescue . Drew . Samuel . The History of Cornwall: From the Earliest Records and Traditions, to the Present Time . 1824 . Penaluna . 534 . en.