▁a ▁member ▁of ▁a ▁land ed ▁family ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁county ▁of ▁Corn wall , ▁and ▁owner ▁of ▁the ▁Hel igan ▁estate ▁near ▁Me v ag isse y . ▁At ▁various ▁times , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁Parliament ▁for ▁the ▁constitu encies ▁of ▁East ▁Corn wall ▁and ▁South ▁Dev on , ▁and ▁High ▁Sher iff ▁of ▁Corn wall . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁third ▁of ▁four ▁success ive ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁T rem ay ne ▁family ▁who ▁are ▁cred ited ▁with ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁gard ens ▁around ▁Hel igan ▁House ▁that ▁are ▁now ▁well ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Lost ▁Gard ens ▁of ▁Hel igan . ▁ ▁B irth ▁and ▁early ▁life ▁John ▁T rem ay ne ▁was ▁born ▁ 1 5 ▁April ▁ 1 8 2 5 , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Caroline ▁and ▁John ▁H ear le ▁T rem ay ne . ▁ ▁His ▁mother ' s ▁brother ▁was ▁Sir ▁Charles ▁Lem on , ▁who ▁left ▁his ▁estate ▁at ▁Car cle w ▁to ▁John ▁T rem ay ne ' s ▁brother , ▁Arthur . ▁His ▁other ▁sib lings , ▁Henry , ▁Mary , ▁and ▁Har ri et ▁married ▁into ▁other ▁gent ry ▁or ▁noble ▁families . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁te ens , ▁John ▁T rem ay ne ▁contract ed ▁a ▁cri pp ling ▁b one ▁disease ▁that ▁left ▁him ▁reli ant ▁on ▁cr ut ches ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁life . ▁As ▁con val esc ence , ▁he ▁was ▁cons igned ▁to ▁the ▁care ▁of ▁a ▁Char l est