Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, KCB (2 April 1807 – 19 June 1886) was an English civil servant and colonial administrator. As a young man, he worked with the colonial …

Nov 25, 2020 · Trevelyan was not a politician: he was a career civil servant. As Assistant Secretary to the Treasury, he was the most senior official responsible for overseeing the …

Trevelyan was an opinionated man caught up in the tensions between Westminster, Whitehall, and Dublin castle. Yet, in spite of his shortcomings, he was determined to deliver relief to a …

G. M. Trevelyan was an English historian whose work, written for the general reader as much as for the history student, shows an appreciation of the Whig tradition in English thought and …

Charles Edward Trevelyan © Trevelyan was a Victorian colonial administrator and the father of the modern British civil service. Charles Edward Trevelyan was born on 2 April 1807 in Taunton...

Charles Trevelyan was a British colonial administrator and civil servant who became renowned as the father of modern British civil service. Born to a clergyman father, Trevelyan grew up to …

Charles Trevelyan and the great Irish Famine Robin Haines (Four Courts Press, 285) ISBN 1851827552 In tackling Charles Trevelyan’s role in the Great Famine, Robin Haines has …

Jan 15, 2025 · Charles Trevelyan started as a writer for the civil services in East India Company, Bengal. From there, he moved to Delhi as assistant to the English commissioner. Here, he …

George Macaulay Trevelyan OM CBE FRS FBA (16 February 1876 – 21 July 1962) was an English historian and academic. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1898 to …

Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan (trĬvĕl´yən), 1807–86, British colonial administrator. After a period of service in India, he returned (1838) to England and was (1840–59) assistant secretary of …