Background
John Tremayne was born 15 April 1825, the son of Caroline and John Hearle Tremayne. His mother"s brother was Sir Charles Lemon, who left his estate at Carclew to John Tremayne"s brother, Arthur.
John Tremayne was born 15 April 1825, the son of Caroline and John Hearle Tremayne. His mother"s brother was Sir Charles Lemon, who left his estate at Carclew to John Tremayne"s brother, Arthur.
Christ Church; Eton College.
In his teens, John Tremayne contracted a crippling bone disease that left him reliant on crutches for the rest of his life. As convalescence, he was consigned to the care of a Charlestown mariner, with instructions to take him to sea every day, irrespective of the weather. He was educated at a private school at Exmouth, Eton School, and Christ Church College at the University of Oxford.
John Tremayne inherited the estate from his father in 1851.
Like his father, John was a keen gardener. He was particularly fond of hybridizing rhododendrons, and is credited with much of the planting around Flora"s Green in the north of what is now the Lost Gardens of John Tremayne also inherited an estate at Sydenham in Devonshire.
He then sat for the South Devon parliamentary constituency from 1884 to 1885. In both cases, he sat on the Conservative Party benches.
In addition to his parliamentary service, John Tremayne was a justice of the peace and, in 1859, High Sheriff of Cornwall.
He served as chairman of the North Cornwall Railway Company. In 1860, John Tremayne married the Honorary John Tremayne died in the spring of 1901 at Biarritz in France.
21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament]
At various times, he was a member of the United Kingdom Parliament for the constituencies of East Cornwall and South Devon, and High Sheriff of Cornwall. He was also the third of four successive members of the Tremayne family who are credited with the creation of the gardens around House that are now well known as the Lost Gardens of John Tremayne was elected Member of Parliament for the East Cornwall parliamentary constituency in 1874 and represented that constituency until he was defeated in 1880.