Jonathan Trelawny (High Sheriff of Cornwall) Jonathan Trelawny (High Sheriff of Cornwall) Sir Jonathan Trelawny (17 December 1568 – 21 June 1604), of Pool in Menheniot, Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament. Trelawny was the posthumous younger son of John Trelawny of Pool (who had been High Sheriff of the county); his elder brother died in infancy and he inherited the estate. He entered Parliament as member for Liskeard, representing that borough in three parliaments, and subsequently also represented Cornwall in the Parliaments of 1597 and 1604. On one occasion he was sent to the Tower of London for losing his temper during a parliamentary
Samuel Trelawny Samuel Trelawny Samuel Trelawny (1630 – 1666) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1666. Trelawny was the eldest surviving son of Robert Trelawny and was baptised on 31 March 1630. His father was a merchant of Ham and MP for Plymouth. Trelawny matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1647 and entered Grey's Inn in 1647. In 1659, Trelawny was elected Member of Parliament for Bossiney for the Third Protectorate Parliament. In 1660 he was elected MP in double returns for both Camelford and for Plymouth and sat