Sir George Trevelyan
British politician
Died when: 90 years 28 days (1080 months)Star Sign: Cancer
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 wrote his novel in around 1864, and The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, his maternal uncle, in 1876.
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