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2 unusual facts about Sir George Trevelyan


Sir George Trevelyan, 4th Baronet

The college was jointly sponsored by the local authority and the University of Birmingham, both of whom looked askance at Trevelyan's attraction towards the mystical; and so it took immense moral courage, for instance, for him to present a course on 'Death and Becoming', a subject that was in those days virtually taboo.

Wallington Hall

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


Wrekin Trust

The Wrekin Trust is a charity founded by Sir George Trevelyan in 1971, under the active encouragement of Air Marshal Victor Goddard.


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