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Sir John Trevor (1596–1673 was a Puritan Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War and was a member of the Council of State during the Commonwealth.

Early life

Trevor, whose father Sir John Trevor was Surveyor of the Queen's Ships under Elizabeth I, was knighted in 1619. In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Denbighshire. He was elected MP for Flintshire in the Parliaments of 1624 and 1625. In 1628 he was elected MP for Great Bedwyn and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. During the Personal Rule of Charles I, he was a member of several Royal Commissions, and amassed a substantial income: he had inherited from his father a share in the duties levied on coal from Newcastle, said to bring in £1,500 a year, and held the keepership of several Royal forests, all lucrative sinecures. (At one period he was Surveyor of Windsor Great Park.) He inherited Trevalyn Hall on the death of his uncle Richard Trevor in 1638.

Civil war and Commonwealth

In November 1640 Trevor was elected MP for Grampound in the Long Parliament, having connections with Cornwall through his mother, a Trevanion. He took the parliamentary side during the Civil War, and he was sufficiently supportive of the trial of the King to survive Pride's Purge and sit in the Rump. He seems to have been accepted as the spokesman for North Wales in many of the administrative committees that took over the country after the overthrow of the Monarchy, being twice elected to the Council of State, and also serving on the Committee of Both Kingdoms from 1648. However, he was not a member of the smaller council established after Cromwell assumed the Protectorate in 1653. In 1656 Trevor was elected MP for Arundel in the Second Protectorate Parliament, and was one of those advocating the offer of the Crown to Cromwell (to whom he was related by his son's marriage to John Hampden's daughter, Ruth). He was elected MP for Steyning in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament.

Restoration

Although he resumed his seat at Grampound in 1659 in the restored Rump after Richard Cromwell's fall, he was an early supporter of the Restoration of Charles II, which ensured that he suffered no penalties for his earlier political loyalties after the King returned, being granted a royal pardon on 24 July 1660. However, he had invested much of his fortune during the Commonwealth in buying up lands confiscated from convicted Royalists, and suffered considerable loss as a result.

Family

Trevor's son, also called Sir John Trevor (1626–1672), was an MP with his father during the Commonwealth, and after the Restoration rose to become Secretary of State in 1668.

References

Concise Dictionary of National Biography (1930)
D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
Flintshire Record Office
John Trevor on National Library of Wales Dictionary of Welsh Biography

Parliament of England
Preceded by Simon Thelwall	Member of Parliament for Denbighshire 1621-1622	Succeeded by Sir Eubulus Thelwall
Preceded by Sir John Hanmer, 1st Baronet	Member of Parliament for Flintshire 1624-1625	Succeeded by John Salusbury
Preceded by John Selden Sir Maurice Berkeley	Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn 1628-1629 With: Edward Kyrton	Succeeded by Parliament suspended until 1640
Preceded by William Coryton James Campbell	Member of Parliament for Grampound 1640-1653 With: James Campbell 1640-1648	Succeeded by Not represented in Barebones Parliament
Preceded by Anthony Shirley	Member of Parliament for Arundel 1656	Succeeded by Henry Onslow Richard Marriot
Preceded by Not represented in Second Protectorate Parliament	Member of Parliament for Steyning 1659 With: Anthony Shirley	Succeeded by Not represented in Restored Rump
Preceded by Thomas Herle Robert Scawen	Member of Parliament for Grampound 1659	Succeeded by Thomas Herle Hugh Boscawen

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-'''Sir John Trevor''' (1596–1673), of [[Trevalyn Hall]] in [[Denbighshire]], was a Welsh [[Puritan]] [[Member of Parliament]] during the reigns of [[James I of England|James I]] and [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], and a member of the [[English Council of State|Council of State]] during the [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]]. He inherited Trevalyn on the death of his uncle [[Richard Trevor (politician)|Richard Trevor]] in 1638.
+'''Sir John Trevor''' (1596–1673   was a [[Puritan]] Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of England|House of Commons]] at various times between 1621 and 1659. He supported the [[Roundheads|Parliamentarian]] cause in the [[English Civil War]] and was a member of the [[English Council of State|Council of State]] during the [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]].
+==Early life==
-Trevor, whose father [[John Trevor (1563-1630)|Sir John Trevor]] was Surveyor of the Queen's Ships under [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]], was knighted in 1619. He entered Parliament in 1621 as member for [[Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Denbighshire]], and represented [[Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Flintshire]] in the Parliaments of 1624 and 1625, [[Great Bedwyn (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Bedwyn]] in 1628-9. During the [[Personal Rule]] of [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], he was a member of several Royal Commissions, and amassed a substantial income: he had inherited from his father a share in the duties levied on [[coal]] from [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], said to bring in £1,500 a year, and held the keepership of several Royal forests, all lucrative sinecures. (At one period he was Surveyor of [[Windsor Great Park]].)
+Trevor, whose father [[John Trevor (died 1630)|Sir John Trevor]] was Surveyor of the Queen's Ships under [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]], was knighted in 1619. In 1621 he was elected [[Member of Parliament]]  for [[Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Denbighshire]]. He was elected MP for  [[Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Flintshire]] in the Parliaments of 1624 and 1625. In 1628 he was elected MP for [[Great Bedwyn (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Bedwyn]] and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. During the [[Personal Rule]] of [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], he was a member of several Royal Commissions, and amassed a substantial income: he had inherited from his father a share in the duties levied on [[coal]] from [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], said to bring in £1,500 a year, and held the keepership of several Royal forests, all lucrative sinecures. (At one period he was Surveyor of [[Windsor Great Park]].) He inherited [[Trevalyn Hall]] on the death of his uncle [[Richard Trevor (politician)|Richard Trevor]] in 1638.
+==Civil war and Commonwealth==
-Trevor represented the [[Cornwall|Cornish]] borough of [[Grampound (UK Parliament constituency)|Grampound]] in the [[Long Parliament]], having connections with Cornwall through his mother, a Trevanion. Taking the parliamentary side during the [[English Civil War|Civil War]], he was sufficiently supportive of the trial of the [[Charles I of England|King]] to survive [[Pride's Purge]] and sit in the [[Rump Parliament|Rump]]. He seems to have been accepted as the spokesman for [[North Wales]] in many of the administrative committees that took over the country after the overthrow of the Monarchy, being twice elected to the [[English Council of State|Council of State]], and also serving on the [[Committee of Both Kingdoms]] from 1648. However, he was not a member of the smaller council established after [[Oliver Cromwell|Cromwell]] assumed the [[English Protectorate|Protectorate]] in 1653. In the [[Second Protectorate Parliament]], Trevor was MP for [[Arundel (UK Parliament constituency)|Arundel]], and was one of those advocating the offer of the Crown to [[Oliver Cromwell|Cromwell]] (to whom he was related by his son's marriage to [[John Hampden|John Hampden's]] daughter, Ruth). He sat in the [[Third Protectorate Parliament|Third]] for [[Steyning (UK Parliament constituency)|Steyning]].
+In November 1640 Trevor was elected MP for [[Grampound (UK Parliament constituency)|Grampound]] in the [[Long Parliament]], having connections with Cornwall through his mother, a Trevanion. He took the parliamentary side during the [[English Civil War|Civil War]], and he was sufficiently supportive of the trial of the [[Charles I of England|King]] to survive [[Pride's Purge]] and sit in the [[Rump Parliament|Rump]]. He seems to have been accepted as the spokesman for [[North Wales]] in many of the administrative committees that took over the country after the overthrow of the Monarchy, being twice elected to the [[English Council of State|Council of State]], and also serving on the [[Committee of Both Kingdoms]] from 1648. However, he was not a member of the smaller council established after [[Oliver Cromwell|Cromwell]] assumed the [[English Protectorate|Protectorate]] in 1653. In 1656 Trevor was elected MP for [[Arundel (UK Parliament constituency)|Arundel]] in the [[Second Protectorate Parliament]], and was one of those advocating the offer of the Crown to [[Oliver Cromwell|Cromwell]] (to whom he was related by his son's marriage to [[John Hampden|John Hampden's]] daughter, Ruth). He was elected MP for [[Steyning (UK Parliament constituency)|Steyning]] in 1659 for the [[Third Protectorate Parliament]].
+==Restoration==
-Although he resumed his seat in the restored Rump after [[Richard Cromwell|Richard Cromwell's]] fall, he was an early supporter of the [[English Restoration|Restoration]] of [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], which ensured that he suffered no penalties for his earlier political loyalties after the King returned, being granted a royal pardon on 24 July 1660. However, he had invested much of his fortune during the Commonwealth in buying up lands confiscated from convicted Royalists, and suffered considerable loss as a result.
+Although he resumed his seat at Grampound in 1659 in the restored Rump after [[Richard Cromwell|Richard Cromwell's]] fall, he was an early supporter of the [[English Restoration|Restoration]] of [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], which ensured that he suffered no penalties for his earlier political loyalties after the King returned, being granted a royal pardon on 24 July 1660. However, he had invested much of his fortune during the Commonwealth in buying up lands confiscated from convicted Royalists, and suffered considerable loss as a result.
+==Family==
-Trevor's son, also called [[John Trevor (1626-1672)|Sir John Trevor]] (1626–1672), was an MP with his father during the Commonwealth, and after the [[English Restoration|Restoration]] rose to become [[Secretary of State]] in 1668.
+Trevor's son, also called [[John Trevor (died 1672)|Sir John Trevor]] (1626–1672), was an MP with his father during the Commonwealth, and after the [[English Restoration|Restoration]] rose to become [[Secretary of State]] in 1668.
 ==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 * Concise Dictionary of National Biography (1930)
 *D Brunton & D H Pennington, ''Members of the Long Parliament'' (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
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 * [http://www.nlw.org.uk/cgi-bin/anw/fulldesc_nofr?inst_id=28&coll_id=1153&expand= Flintshire Record Office]
 * [http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-TREV-TRE-1500.html John Trevor on National Library of Wales ''[[Dictionary of Welsh Biography]]'']
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