1. Charles Trelawny served in the 1689 to 1691 Williamite War in Ireland, before resigning his commission in 1692.
13 Facts About Charles Trelawny
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Charles Trelawny remained an MP, and acted as political manager in Cornwall and Devon for his fellow Cornishman, Sidney Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer from 1702 to 1710.
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Charles Trelawny was born in 1653, fourth of five surviving sons of Sir Jonathan Trelawny and Mary Seymour, daughter of Sir Edward Seymour, a junior branch of the Dukes of Somerset.
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Charles Trelawny's siblings included John, Jonathan, Henry and Chichester.
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Charles Trelawny was replaced by Percy Kirke, who commanded until 1682 when Trelawny took over and remained in Tangier until it was abandoned in 1684.
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Charles Trelawny's family formed a powerful and well-connected regional bloc that included his brother, Sir Jonathan, then Bishop of Bristol, and his uncle Sir Edward Seymour, who was Treasurer of the Navy from 1673 to 1681.
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Briefly deprived of his regiment by James, Charles Trelawny was restored by William and spent the next two years fighting in the Williamite War in Ireland.
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In 1694, Charles Trelawny was suggested as colonel of the Coldstream Guards but the Whigs who dominated Parliament insisted it be given to John Cutts.
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In 1701, Henry Charles Trelawny was returned as the second MP for Plymouth and on his death in 1702, was replaced by another Tory.
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Charles Trelawny acted as political manager in the West Country for his fellow Cornishman, Sidney Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer from 1702 to 1710.
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In 1702, Charles Trelawny was given the largely ceremonial title Vice-Admiral of South Cornwall and in 1706 his elder brother became Bishop of Winchester, one of the wealthiest and most important bishoprics in the Church of England.
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Charles Trelawny relinquished the position in 1720 and thereafter lived in retirement at Hengar.
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Charles Trelawny left his lands and property to his nephew Edward, MP for West Looe from 1724 to 1732.