Robert Trelawney (25 March 1598 – 1643) was an English merchant and colonist who settled lands in what became Maine, United States.
He was also a politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1642.
On 1 December 1631, the Plymouth Company granted he and his partner, Moses Goodyeare, a patent for a tract of land between Spurwink River and Presumpscot River, and for Richmond's Island at Cape Elizabeth, Maine,[1] on which they created the Trelawney Plantation.
He was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament,[5] but was expelled from the House of Commons in March 1642 and committed to prison for publicly stating that the Commons had no power to appoint a guard for themselves without the King's consent.
He was the father of Samuel Trelawney, who was also MP for Plymouth.