What is Charles Edward Trevelyan?
[[File:John Lawrence's Executive Council 1864.jpg|thumb|Charles Trevelyan, sitting second from left, with John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, Viceroy of India and other council members. c. 1864]] '''Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet''' (2 April 1807 – 19 June 1886) was a British [[Civil service|civil servant]], cabinet member, colonial administrator, and oriental scholar best known for his administration of the famine relief effort in Ireland during the [[Great Famine|Potato Famine]], while he was assistant secretary to Her Majesty's Treasury. He has been criticized for not doing enough to help the Irish during the Potato Famine. He wrote a book about the famine called ''The Irish Crisis''. <ref>Woodham-Smith, Cecil The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 London Penguin Books 1962</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tevelyan, Charles Edward}} [[Category:1807 births]] [[Category:1886 deaths]] [[Category:British civil servants]] [[Category:Members of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom]]