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"2nd Baronet" Sir George Trevelyan Hand Signed Free Frank Panel Mounted. Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet. (20 July 1838 - 17 August 1928) was a. In a ministerial career stretching almost 30 years, he was most notably twice. 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. Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet.

And sister of the historian. Where he was President of the.

And earned second place in the first class of the. That same year he wrote his. Horace at the University of Athens. A topical drama in verse, parts of which are said to have offended. And lost Trevelyan a fellowship. In 1862 Trevelyan went out as a civil servant to India, where he spent several years. In 1865 he was elected. Which he continued to represent until 1886. Was formed in December 1868, Trevelyan was appointed. Civil Lord of the Admiralty. But resigned in July 1870 on a point of conscience connected with the government Education Bill.

In the session of 1874 he brought forward his Household Franchise (Counties) Bill, which was lost on the second reading - it was not till ten years later that the agricultural labourer was enfranchised. Among other causes which he warmly supported were women's suffrage, a thorough reform of metropolitan local government, and the drastic reform or abolition of the. He was also in favour of the direct veto and other temperance legislation. In 1880 Trevelyan was appointed. Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty.

He held this office until May 1882, when, after the assassination of. From November 1884 to June 1885 he was.

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. With a seat in the cabinet. In February 1886 he became.

And Vice-President of the Scottish Education Department in Gladstone's third administration, but resigned in March over. The same year he succeeded his father in the baronetcy.

At the general election of 1886 Trevelyan lost his seat for. As a representative of the. He took part in the Round Table Conference, and, being satisfied with the changes made by Gladstone in his Home Rule scheme, he formally rejoined the Liberal Party.

In August 1887 he re-entered the House of Commons as member for. From 1892 to 1895 he was again Secretary for Scotland and Vice-President of the Scottish Education Department.

He resigned his seat in parliament in early 1897 and retired into private life. In 1911 he was appointed a member of the. During his stay in India, Trevelyan contributed "Letters of a Competition Wallah" to.

A humorous political brochure in verse. (a second, enlarged edition appeared in 1908), and in 1880 he published.

The Early History of Charles James Fox. In 1899 he published the first volume of a. History of the American Revolution. Which was completed (three volumes) in 1905. In the latter year, as.

Interludes in Prose and Verse. He republished his early classical. He published two volumes of his work.

George III and Charles Fox.