Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Baronet

Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Baronet (6 February 1735 – 18 April 1828), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1777 to 1796.

Nettlecombe Court

The member of an ancient Cornwall family, Trevelyan was the only son of Sir George Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet, of Nettlecombe, Somerset, whom he succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1768. He also inherited Northumbrian estates from his wife's uncle in 1777.[1]

Trevelyan was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset for 1777–78 and sat as Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1777 to 1780 and for Somerset from 1780 to 1796. In 1784 he was a member of the St. Alban's Tavern group who tried to bring Fox and Pitt together.[1]

Trevelyan died in April 1828, aged 93. He had married Louisa Marianne, daughter and coheiress of a Huguenot merchant, Peter Simond of London, with whom he had 6 sons and 2 daughters. [1] 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 Baronet
  - Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet
    - Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet
      - George Lowthian Trevelyan 4th Baronet
    - George Macaulay Trevelyan
- William Pitt Trevelyan (1812-1905)
  - George Philip Trevelyan (1858-1937)
    - Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan.

References

"TREVELYAN, Sir John, 4th Bt. (1735-1828), of Nettlecombe, Som. and Wallington, Northumb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 May 2013.

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
Leigh Rayment's list of baronets

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir Walter Calverley-Blackett Sir Matthew White Ridley	Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1777–1780 With: Sir Matthew White Ridley	Succeeded by Sir Matthew White Ridley Andrew Robinson Bowes
Preceded by Richard Hippisley Coxe Edward Phelips	Member of Parliament for Somerset 1780–1796 With: Richard Hippisley Coxe 1780–1784 Edward Phelips 1784–1792 Henry Hippisley Coxe 1792–1795 William Gore-Langton 1795–1796	Succeeded by William Gore-Langton William Dickinson
Baronetage of England
Preceded by George Trevelyan	Baronet (of Nettlecombe) 1768–1828	Succeeded by John Trevelyan

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[HOP-1] "TREVELYAN, Sir John, 4th Bt. (1735-1828), of Nettlecombe, Som. and Wallington, Northumb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 May 2013.