Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet
Sir Jonathan Trelawny | |
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Bishop of Winchester | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Winchester |
In office | 1707–1721 |
Predecessor | Peter Mews |
Successor | Charles Trimnell |
Orders | |
Consecration | 8 November 1685 by William Sancroft |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 19 July 1721 Chelsea, Middlesex, England | (aged 71)
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Bristol (1685–1689) Bishop of Exeter (1689–1707) |
Education | Westminster School |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet (24 March 1650 – 19 July 1721) was Bishop of Bristol, Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Winchester. Trelawny is best known for his role in the events leading up to the Glorious Revolution which are sometimes believed to be referenced in the Cornish anthem "The Song of the Western Men".
Life
He was born at Trelawne in the parish of Pelynt, Cornwall, the eldest surviving son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Baronet, and Mary Seymour, daughter of Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet. He was educated at Westminster School and then went to Christ Church, Oxford at the start of the Michaelmas term of 1668 where he distinguished himself as a scholar.
A staunch royalist, he was ordained in 1673 and became a beneficed clergyman. He was appointed rector of
Trelawny was rewarded in 1689 by being appointed Bishop of Exeter (whilst still, until 1694, Archdeacon of Totnes) after the military defeat of James II and the accession of the Protestant William of Orange to the British throne. He was further rewarded by being appointed Bishop of Winchester in 1707, although his promotion was a matter of some controversy, as Queen Anne, who was determined to keep all important Church appointments within her own gift, overruled the advice of her ministers and of Thomas Tenison, the Archbishop of Canterbury in appointing him, thus provoking the so-called Bishoprics Crisis. He died in 1721, in Chelsea, Middlesex; his body was taken back to Pelynt for burial.
Family
He married Rebecca Hele, by whom he had twelve children:[2][3][4]
- Charlotte Trelawny (1687/8 – aft. 1745), unmarried
- Letitia Trelawny (born 1689), married Sir Harry Trelawny, 5th Baronet
- Sir John Trelawny, 4th Baronet (1691–1756)
- Henry Trelawny (1692–1707), fought in the HMS Association during the Scilly naval disaster of 1707.[5]
- Charles Trelawny (1694 – 24 August 1721), without issue, prebendary of Westminster
- Rebecca Trelawny (1696–1743), married John Francis Buller in 1716
- Elizabeth Trelawny (1697 – 25 January 1744), married Rev. George Allanson (died 1741), Archdeacon of Cornwall
- Edward Trelawny(1699–1754), became governor of Jamaica
- Mary Trelawny (born 1700), died in infancy
- Rev. Hele Trelawny (1703–1740), without issue
- Jonathan Trelawny (born 1705), died in infancy
- Anne Trelawny (1707–1745), unmarried
Reputation
It is sometimes suggested that Bishop Trelawny was immortalised in the Cornish Anthem, "
- And shall Trelawny live?
- Or shall Trelawny die!
- Here's twenty thousand Cornish men
- Will know the reason why![1]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Kimber, Edward; Johnson, Richard; Wotton, Thomas (1771). The Baronetage of England. G. Woodfall. p. 311. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
- ^ Vivian, John Lambrick (1887). The Visitation of Cornwall. pp. 477–478.
- ^ Debrett, John (1835). Debrett's Baronetage of England. p. 42.
- ^ James Herbert Cooke, The Shipwreck of Sir Cloudesley Shovell on the Scilly Islands in 1707, From Original and Contemporary Documents Hitherto Unpublished, Read at a Meeting of the Society of Antiquaries, London, 1 Feb. 1883
References
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Trelawny, Sir Jonathan". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- Twemlow, Jesse Alfred (1899). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 57. London: Smith, Elder & Co. . In
- Coleby, Andrew M. "Trelawny, Sir Jonathan, third baronet (1650–1721)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27689. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
External links
- Who was Trelawny? by Tom Prout, Editor of the Trelawny's Army Newsletter.