John Trelawny (died 1680)

{{Short description|English army officer}}

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Captain John Trelawny (c. 1646 – 14 May 1680) was an English army officer of Cornish descent, the eldest son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Baronet.

Trelawny was appointed a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber in 1674,{{cite book | title=The Baronetage of England | first=William Prideaux | last=Courtney |author2=George Clement Boase | publisher=Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer | year=1878 | pages=769 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sRYYAAAAMAAJ}} and was returned as Member of Parliament for West Looe in 1677.{{HistoryofParliament |1660 |last=Watson|first=Paula|title=Trelawny, John II (c.1646–1680)|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/trelawny-john-ii-1646-80}}

He married Catherine Jenkyn and was killed, without issue, at Tangier, predeceasing his father.