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Charles Edward TrevelyanSir Charles Edward Trevelyan (born 1807 in Taunton, Somerset, England - died 1886) was a British civil servant. He is famously referenced in the Irish folk song The Fields of Athenry for his exacerbation of the Irish Potato Famine. In the 1830s he was in Calcutta, India, where he was active in the field of education. He was assistant secretary to the Treasury during the Irish Famine, and was responsible for administering famine relief. Later he was a civil service reformer. See also References - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/trevelyan_charles.shtml - BBC History profile
- http://www.irelandforvisitors.com/articles/black_47.htm - Article on the Irish famine
Trevelyan, Charles Edward Trevelyan, Charles Edward
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