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7 unusual facts about Sir Charles Trevelyan

Charles Trevelyan

Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet (1807-1886), civil servant and Governor of Madras

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Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet (1870-1958), Member of Parliament, grandson of Charles Edward Trevelyan

Feeble-minded

The development of the ranking system of mental deficiency has been attributed to Sir Charles Trevelyan in 1876, and was associated with the rise of eugenics.

Outside journalism, she has written the book A Very British Family: The Trevelyans and Their World, published in 2006, on the history of the Trevelyan family including Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, of whom she is a descendant.

Sir Alexander Grant, 10th Baronet

In 1859 he went to Madras with Sir Charles Trevelyan, and was appointed inspector of schools; the next year he moved to Bombay, to fill the post of Professor of History and Political Economy in the Elphinstone College.

Trevelyan Middle School

The school was officially opened on 26 March 1930 as the New Windsor Council School by Sir Charles Trevelyan, the President of the Board of Education.

Wallington Hall

Charles Philips Trevelyan inherited the property from his father George Otto Trevelyan in 1928.