The Trevor family came to Bromham in 1708 when Sir Thomas Trevor bought Bromham hall and the manors of Bowels, Brays & Wakes, he was created the 1st Baron Trevor of Bromham in 1712.
Subsequently his two sons from his first marriage, Thomas (the second Lord) and then John (the third Lord) succeeded their father and then the 4th Baron Robert Trevor who was his eldest son of his second marriage succeeded the title.
4th Baron Robert Trevor fathered an illegitimate son Robert in 1729, we do not know the mother.
4th Baron Robert was sent to The Hague as secretary to the British Embassy under Horatio Walpole in 1734 and eventually took the post of Minister – Plenipotentiary in 1741 and he regularly corresponded with Horace Walpole of Strawberry Hill House in London
The Trevor Family Tree
Sir John Trevor of Trevalyn (died 1672)
Lord Thomas Trevor (died 1730)
Lord Thomas Trevor (1692 to 1753)
Lord John Trevor (1695 to 1764)
Lord Robert Trevor (1706 to 1783)
Lord Robert Trevor (1729 to 1785)