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'''David Treffry''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]], (7 October 1926 – 3 April 2000) was a | {{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> | |||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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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 /> | ||