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	'''David Treffry''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire\|OBE]], (7 October 1926 – 3 April 2000) was a British<ref name=Independent /> colonial servant, international financier and [[High Sheriff of Cornwall]].<ref name=Independent>{{cite journal\|last=Thomas\|first=Charles\|date=11 April 2000\|title=Obituary: David Treffry\|journal=[[The Independent]]\|location=London\|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000411/ai_n14299630}} {{dead link\|date=January ~~2022~~}}</ref>		'''David Treffry''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire\|OBE]], (7 October 1926 – 3 April 2000) was a British<ref name=Independent /> colonial servant, international financier and [[High Sheriff of Cornwall]].<ref name=Independent>{{cite journal\|last=Thomas\|first=Charles\|date=11 April 2000\|title=Obituary: David Treffry\|journal=[[The Independent]]\|location=London\|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000411/ai_n14299630}} {{dead link\|date=January 2010}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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	'''David Treffry''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire\|OBE]], (7 October 1926 – 3 April 2000) was a ~~[[Cornish people\|Cornish]]~~<ref name=Independent /> colonial servant, international financier and [[High Sheriff of Cornwall]].<ref name=Independent>{{cite journal\|last=Thomas\|first=Charles\|date=11 April 2000\|title=Obituary: David Treffry\|journal=[[The Independent]]\|location=London\|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000411/ai_n14299630}} {{dead link\|date=January ~~2010~~}}</ref>		{{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2022}}
			'''David Treffry''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire\|OBE]], (7 October 1926 – 3 April 2000) was a British<ref name=Independent /> colonial servant, international financier and [[High Sheriff of Cornwall]].<ref name=Independent>{{cite journal\|last=Thomas\|first=Charles\|date=11 April 2000\|title=Obituary: David Treffry\|journal=[[The Independent]]\|location=London\|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000411/ai_n14299630}} {{dead link\|date=January 2022}}</ref>

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	==Public servant and High Sheriff==		==Public servant and High Sheriff==
	Treffry retired to his ancestral home of [[Place House\|Place]] in [[Fowey]] in 1987, where he played a conspicuous part in Cornish public life, becoming [[High Sheriff]] in 1991, president of the [[Royal Institution of Cornwall]] in 1993, and oversaw the inauguration in 1994 by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh of the [[Royal Cornwall Museum]]. He also worked for the Cornwall region of the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty\|National Trust]], and other local organizations.<ref name=Independent />		Treffry retired to his ancestral home of [[Place House\|Place]] in [[Fowey]] in 1987, where he played a conspicuous part in Cornish public life, becoming [[High Sheriff]] in 1991, president of the [[Royal Institution of Cornwall]] in 1993, and oversaw the inauguration in 1994 by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh of the [[Royal Cornwall Museum]]. He also worked for the Cornwall region of the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty\|National Trust]], and other local organizations.<ref name=Independent />

	He was a friend of the Cornish historian and poet [[A. L. Rowse]], and, on Rowse's death, became the legatee of a substantial sum – which he made over to the Royal Institution of Cornwall, the National Trust, and the [[Cornwall Heritage Trust]].<ref name=Independent />		He was a friend of the Cornish historian and poet [[A. L. Rowse]], and, on Rowse's death, became the legatee of a substantial sum – which he made over to the Royal Institution of Cornwall, the National Trust, and the [[Cornwall Heritage Trust]].<ref name=Independent />

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'''David Treffry''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]], (7 October 1926 – 3 April 2000) was a [[Cornish people|Cornish]]<ref name=Independent /> colonial servant, international financier and [[High Sheriff of Cornwall]].<ref name=Independent>{{cite journal|last=Thomas|first=Charles|date=11 April 2000|title=Obituary: David Treffry|journal=[[The Independent]]|location=London|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000411/ai_n14299630}} {{dead link|date=January 2010}}</ref>

==Early life==
David Treffry, a member of the old Cornish family of [[Treffry]], was born at [[Higher Porthpean|Porthpean]] in 1926. He was educated in Cornwall and at [[Marlborough College]], and then served in the [[Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry]],<ref name=Yemeni>{{cite web|url=http://www.al-bab.com/bys/obits/treffry.htm |title=Obituary: David Treffry OBE (1926 - 2000) |last=De Zulueta |first=Mavis |publisher=The British-Yemeni Society |access-date=2008-04-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509140524/http://www.al-bab.com/bys/obits/treffry.htm |archive-date=2008-05-09 }}</ref> transferring to the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]], where he was a captain in the [[Frontier Force Regiment]].<ref name=Independent /> In 1947 he returned to Britain and read History at [[Magdalen College, Oxford]].<ref name=Independent /><ref name=Yemeni />

==Colonial servant==
Treffry joined the [[Colonial Service]] in 1953, and served in [[Aden]] until independence in 1967.<ref name=Yemeni /> He achieved senior posts, and as [[Cabinet Secretary]] to the [[South Arabian Federation]] was involved in the independence negotiations.<ref name=Independent /><ref name=Yemeni />

While in Aden, Treffry supported the work of the Reilly Centre for the Blind, and for this work was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in 1966.<ref name=Independent /><ref name=Yemeni />

==International financier==
David Treffry moved to [[Washington D. C.]] in 1968 to work for the [[International Monetary Fund]], remaining there for 21 years.<ref name=Independent />

==Public servant and High Sheriff==
Treffry retired to his ancestral home of [[Place House|Place]] in [[Fowey]] in 1987, where he played a conspicuous part in Cornish public life, becoming [[High Sheriff]] in 1991, president of the [[Royal Institution of Cornwall]] in 1993, and oversaw the inauguration in 1994 by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh of the [[Royal Cornwall Museum]]. He also worked for the Cornwall region of the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]], and other local organizations.<ref name=Independent />

He was a friend of the Cornish historian and poet [[A. L. Rowse]], and, on Rowse's death, became the legatee of a substantial sum – which he made over to the Royal Institution of Cornwall, the National Trust, and the [[Cornwall Heritage Trust]].<ref name=Independent />

In 1997 he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, but continued to play an active rôle in Cornish public and social life until his death at [[Truro]] in 2000.<ref name=Independent />

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