Edward Trelawny

Edward Trelawny (1699 – 16 January 1754) was a British colonial administrator and military officer who served as the governor of Jamaica from April 1738 to September 1752. He is best known for his role in signing a treaty with ended the First Maroon War between the British colonial government in Jamaica and the Jamaican Maroons. Early life Edward Trelawny was born in 1699 in Trelawne, Cornwall, England. Of an ancient and well-known Cornish family, he was a younger son of Bishop Sir Jonathan Trelawny and brother of Sir John Trelawny. In 1734, Trelawny incorporated himself to the British Army to participate in the war of the Polish Succession, which faced the Polish troops and allied against French troops. After this, Trelawny joined to both East Looe and West Looe. So, he returned to Parliament in this year (1734), but both elections were declared void, as he was then a commissioner of customs in Scotland and ineligible to sit in Parliament.