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Darell Trelawny or Trelawney (c. 1695–1727), of Coldrenick, near Liskeard, Cornwall, was a British politician who sat in the
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briefly in 1727. Trelawny was the eldest son of
Edward Trelawney Edward Trelawney (c. 1653 – October 1726), of Coldrenick, near Liskeard, Cornwall, was an English Anglican clergyman who served as dean and archdeacon of Exeter between 1717 and 1726. Trelawney was the son of Jonathan Trelawny, gentleman of ...
of Coldrenick,
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, and his wife Elizabeth Darell, daughter of Thomas Darell of Chawcroft, Hampshire. He was a descendant of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, MP of Trelawne (died 1604). He matriculated at
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on 26 March 1713, aged 17. At the
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, Trelawny stood unsuccessfully at Callington and
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. He was also defeated at a by-election at
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in January 1727. However, he was returned as Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel by the Administration at the
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. Trelawny had succeeded his father to Coldrenick in 1726. He suffered ill-health and set out for Lisbon via Falmouth for recovery, shortly after his election, but died unmarried on the way on 14 October 1727. He left his estates to his brother
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, and was determined that if his brother died, they should go to his maternal relatives, the Darells, and under no circumstances to his cousins, the Trelawnys of Trelawne who had treated him with disregard.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Trelawny, Darell 1690s births 1727 deaths Year of birth uncertain Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1727–1734 Politicians from Cornwall