Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet
(1838-1928)
British politician
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Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, OM, PC, FBA (20 July 1838 – 17 August 1928) was a British statesman and author. In a ministerial career stretching almost 30 years, he was most notably twice Secretary for Scotland under William Ewart Gladstone and the Earl of Rosebery. He broke with Gladstone over the 1886 Irish Home Rule Bill, but after modifications were made to the bill he re-joined the Liberal Party shortly afterwards. Also a writer and historian, Trevelyan published The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, his maternal uncle, in 1876.
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20 July 1838 Rothley Temple, Leicestershire
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17 August 1928 (aged 90) Wallington, Northumberland
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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