TREVANION, William (1727-67), of Carhayes, nr. Tregony, Cornw.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Constituency

Dates

1747 - 24 Jan. 1767

Family and Education

b. 15 Mar. 1727, o. surv. s. of John Trevanion. educ. ?Eton; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1744. m. 19 May 1758, Ann, da. and h. of George Barlow of Slebech, Pemb., s.p. suc. fa. 1740.

Offices Held

Groom of the bedchamber to Prince of Wales Apr. 1749-Mar. 1751; auditor of the duchy of Cornw. June 1751-d.

Biography

In 1747 Trevanion was returned on his family’s interest at Tregony against the candidates of the Prince of Wales. ‘Mr. Trevanion’, wrote Thomas Pitt, the Prince’s election manager in Cornwall, 3 July 1747, ‘is most certainly not of age ... but the difficulty is to find proof of it’.1 Classed as a government supporter he went over to the Prince of Wales, whose household he joined in 1749, but rejoined the Pelhams after the Prince’s death, when he was given a duchy of Cornwall office of £220 p.a.

He died 24 Jan. 1767.

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Eveline Cruickshanks

Notes

  • 1. HMC Fortescue, i. 120.