Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Baronet

Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Baronet (6 February 1735 – 18 April 1828), was a British politician.

The member of an ancient Cornwall family, he 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]

He 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. [1]

He 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:

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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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