George Hele Treby

Lieutenant-Colonel George Hele Treby (c.1727 – 12 May 1763) was a British soldier and politician from Devonshire.

The younger son of the politician George Treby, he was commissioned into the British Army. He was promoted to Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel in the 1st Foot Guards in 1758. [cite book | title=Miscellaneous Correspondence | publisher=W. Owen | year=1759 | page=929 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=lVIDAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA929 | accessdate=2008-09-13] .

Treby entered the House of Commons for Plympton Erle at a by-election in 1761 to replace his elder brother, George Treby. [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] However, he died in 1763. He was replaced at the following by-election by his brother-in-law, Paul Henry Ourry, who also inherited the Treby family's residence, Plymton House.

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