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Trefusis (variants Trefusa and Trefuse) is a Cornish surname derived from the hamlet of Trefusis in the parish of Mylor, Cornwall. Among bearers of the name are the Barons Clinton: that title was successfully claimed in 1794 by Robert George William Trefusis, who became the seventeenth Baron. The arms of Trefusis are: Argent a chevron between three spindles Sable; and the crest: A griffin segreant Or resting his dexter foot on a shield Argent.〔Pascoe, W. H. (1979) ''A Cornish Armory''. Padstow: Lodenek Press; p. 104〕 ==Notable people== *Charles Trefusis, 19th Baron Clinton (1791–1866), a British peer and Tory politician. *Francis Trefusis, one of the MPs for Penryn in 1679 and has a monument in Mylor church, dated 1680.〔Pevsner, N. (1969) ''Cornwall''; 2nd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 125〕〔"In the chancel aisle kneels a young man born when Charles Stuart was about to die (); he is Francis Trefusis, carved in stone."--Arthur Mee in his ''Cornwall; England's farthest south'', London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1937.〕 *Jane Trefusis Forbes, Scottish businesswoman and the first director of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939–43) *John Trefusis of Trefusis was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1626.〔Polwhele, Richard (1806) ''The Civil and Military History of Cornwall''. London: Cadell and Davies; vol. 1, pp. 106-09〕 * Mark George Kerr Trefusis (1835–1907), later Mark George Kerr Trefusis Rolle - large Devonshire landholder, High Sheriff of Devonshire *Nicholas Trefusis (d. c1648),English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England *Robert Trefusis (1843–1930), Inaugural Suffragan Bishop of Crediton from 1897 to 1930 *Violet Trefusis (1894–1972), English writer and socialite ;Fictional *Miss Emily Trefusis, amateur detective in ''The Sittaford Mystery'' by Agatha Christie *Professor Donald Trefusis (1921–2008), Professor at the University of Cambridge *Dr.Trefusis, tutor in "Octavian Nothing" volumes 1&2 by M.T. Anderson 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trefusis (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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