Llewelyn Traherne (13 March 1766 – 5 December 1842) was a Welsh magistrate and briefly

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in 1801.

Early years

He was born in

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, the only son of Edmund Traherne, esq. of

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, by his first wife Mary Llewellyn (d. 1767), or Llewelyn, of

St Donats St Donats ( cy, Sain Dunwyd) is a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales, located just west of the small town of Llantwit Major. The community includes the village of Marcross and the hamlets of Monknash and East and West ...

. He was adopted by John Llewellyn, Esq. of

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, who eventually made Traherne his heir. Traherne was educated by Rev. John Williams, of

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. In 1773, he entered to the College School at Gloucester, and in 1780, he entered Winchester College in Commoners. He attended

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from October 1783 through June 1786.

Career

Traherne spent his career in the County of Glamorgan. He was a Justice of the Peace in 1783; was an active

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; officiated as chairman of

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; and was appointed

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in 1792. He was gazetted and sworn in as High Sheriff in 1801, but because of a misunderstanding with

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, then Chief Justice of the Brecon Circuit, he was superseded before the first

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. Traherne, a

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, supported the

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, and was an opponent of the

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Personal life

In 1787, he married Charlotte (d. 1791), the daughter of John Edmonds, Esq. of

St Hilary, Vale of Glamorgan St Hilary ( cy, Saint Hilari ) is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located just south of the A48, about a mile southeast of the market town of Cowbridge. The village has a population of about 260, in approximately 80 houses ...

, by whom he had a son,

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(1788-1860), and three daughters, Charlotte-Frances, Maria-Eleanor, Louisa. Charlotte Traherne's children became the representatives of the ancient families of Dive of

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, and Metham of

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. They inherited a considerable property in right of their grandmother, Charlotte Dive. In 1792, Traherne married Barbara-Maria Manning, by whom he had a son, Rev. George Traherne, Vicar of St. Hilary and rector of St. George's, Co. Glamorgan. Traherne spent most of his life at his residence, St. Hilary, near

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where his son was a reverend at the Church of St Hilary. He became ill in August 1841, and died on 5 December 1842.

References

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