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Sir Jonathan Trelawny (1568–1604)

Image credit: Royal Institution of Cornwall

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Sir Jonathan Trelawny was the son of John Trelawny (c.1533–1568) of Menheniot in Cornwall and Anne Reskymer. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1585 and entered the Middle Temple the following year. He married Elizabeth, daughter of his guardian Henry Killigrew, and became MP for Liskeard (1586, 1589 & 1593) and for the County of Cornwall (1597 & 1604). He was an extensive landowner with estates in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, and bought the manor of Trelawne in Pelyant in 1600. While in London in 1604 on service as a knight of the shire in the Parliament of James I, Sir Jonathan died 'from a fit of coughing'. He was buried the following day at St Clement Danes.

Royal Cornwall Museum

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Title

Sir Jonathan Trelawny (1568–1604)

Date

1599

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 110 x W 82 cm

Accession number

TRURI : 1997.64

Acquisition method

purchased with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund and the Cornwall Heritage Trust, 1997

Work type

Painting

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