Robert Trelawney

Robert Trelawney (25 March 1598 – 1643) was an English merchant and colonist who settled lands in Maine USA and a politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1642.

The son of Robert Trelawney, who was three times mayor of Plymouth, Trelawney was a merchant and colonist at the settlement. On 1 December 1631 the Plymouth Company granted he and his partner Moses Goodyeare a patent for a tract of land between Spurwink River and Presumpscot River and for Richmond's Island at Cape Elizabeth, Maine.[1] In 1633 Trelawney was elected Mayor of Plymouth.[2] He built Ham House near Plymouth in 1639.[3]

In April 1640, Trelawney was elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth for the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament,[4] but was expelled from the House of Commons in March 1642 and committed to prison for publicly stating that the Commons had no power to appoint a guard for themselves without the King's consent.

Trelawney married Elizabeth Mayne, daughter of Alexander Mayne, in 1620. He was the father of Samuel Trelawney, who was also MP for Plymouth.[5]

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629
Member of Parliament for Plymouth
1640–1642
With: John Waddon
Succeeded by
John Waddon
Sir John Yonge, 1st Baronet
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