George Treby (younger)

George Treby (c.1726 – 5 November 1761) was a British politician from Devonshire.

The eldest son of the politician George Treby, he was educated at Exeter College, Oxford. [cite book | title=Alumni Oxonienses | first=Joseph | last=Foster | publisher=Parker and co. | year=1891 | page=434 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=q-otAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA434 | accessdate=2008-09-13] In 1746, he went on the Grand Tour and visited Florence, Rome, and Naples. At this time, he is believed to have acquired the Mantuan roundel [cite web | url=http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm67/6710/6710.pdf | title=Export of Objects of Cultural Interest 2004 – 05 | publisher=Department for Culture, Media and Sport | page=15 | accessdate=2008-09-13] sold in 2003 to Sheik Saud al-Thani of Qatar.

Treby entered the House of Commons for Plympton Erle at a by-election in 1747 to replace Richard Edgcumbe, who had chosen to sit for another borough. [cite book | title=A History of the Borough of Plympton Erle | first=Joshua Brooking | last=Rowe | publisher=J.G. Commin | year=1906 | page=199 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l_UVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA199 | accessdate=2008-09-13] The Treby family had great influence in the borough. A government supporter, he was returned again at the 1754 and 1761 elections, but probably did not take his seat after the latter, as he died in November 1761. In the ensuing by-election, he was replaced by his younger brother George Hele Treby.

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