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Charles Edward Trevelyan


 

Sir 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.

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
 

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