Background
He was the eldest son of the second marriage of John Trevor and studied at Queens College, Oxford, graduating in 1725 and then becoming a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
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Robert Hampden
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The Queen"s College.
Career
In 1729, he was appointed as a clerk in the Secretary of State"s office. In 1734 he went to the United Provinces as secretary to the embassy under Horatio Walpole. He succeeded as head of the embassy in 1739, initially as Envoy-Extraordinary, and from 1741 as Minister-Plenipotentiary.
During this time, he maintained a regular correspondence with Horace Walpole.
Indiana 1750 he was appointed a commissioner of the Revenue in Ireland. He took the additional name of Hampden in 1754, on succeeding to the estates of that family, from John Hampden.
From 1759 to 1765 he was joint Postmaster General. He wrote some Latin poems which were published at Parma in 1792 as Poemata Hampdeniana.
Membership
Royal Society.
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Nationality
British