Lieutenant-General Harry Trelawny (1726 – 28 January 1800) was a British Army officer who served with the Coldstream Guards during the American Revolutionary War.
He was wounded while leading a battalion of the Guards during the war and later rose to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment.
[1] He served with the "Buffs" as an ensign and carried the regimental colours during the Jacobite rising of 1745.
[2][3] He was promoted lieutenant on 4 March 1752,[3] and on 15 June of that year[4] he married Mary Dormer (d. 22 February 1813) at Mayfair Chapel, by whom he had children, including:[1] Trelawny served with the Coldstreams during the Raid on St Malo and the Raid on Cherbourg in 1758.
[3] Trelawny again saw service during the American Revolutionary War, in which he led the first battalion of the regiment.