The Vyvyans are a prominent Cornish family: they are recorded as landowners in Penwith and Kerrier since the 15th century.
The Vyvyan family have had a large estate called Trelowarren in Cornwall for nearly 600 years. They moved to Trelowarren in 1427 from Treviddren, St. Buryan when they acquired Trelowarren through marriage to the daughter of Honora Ferrers, heiress to the estate of the previous owner, Richard Ferrers. Trelowarren's first garden (at least under the Vyvyans) is recorded in 1428.
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Modern history
In the English Civil War (1642-1651) the Vyvyans were royalist supporters. An ancestor, Sir Richard Vyvyan (1613 -1724), head of the family during the Civil War, was given a large Vandyke painting of King Charles I (1600-1649) on horseback by King Charles II (1630-1685) in recognition of his support. That painting continues to hang in the family house in Trelowarren today.
Another Sir Richard Vyvyan (3rd Bart) (1681-1736) was imprisoned in the Tower of London by George I (1660-1727), on suspicion of favouring the "Pretender to the throne," James Francis Edward Stuart (called "James III" by his supporters).
Sir Richard Vyvyan, 8th Baronet (1800-1879) was a Conservative party member of Parliament in the UK, and represented Bristol from the passage of the Reform Bill in 1832 until the dissolution of 1837. He served as High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1840. In 1841 he was returned as a member of Parliament for Helston, and represented Helston until his retirement from Parliament in 1857.
In 1872 Sir Richard Vyvyan, 8th Baronet was listed as the ninth largest landholder in Cornwall with 9,738 acres.[1]'
Ferrers Vyvyan
The current Baronet and inhabitant of the estate is Sir Ferrers Vyvyan, who is serving his term as High Sheriff of Cornwall in 2008-2009. (N.B. As of 13 June 2007 the presumed thirteenth and present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1995. For more information, follow this "link to unproven baronets". http://www.baronetage.org/unproven.htm..)
See also
References
- Family genealogy
- Trelowarren web site from Cornwall Calling
- Trelowarren garden description
- Trelowarren website, from the Estate Office.
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