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Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet

The Right Honourable
Sir Charles Trevelyan
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President of the Board of Education
In office
7 June 1929 – 2 March 1931
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by Lord Eustace Percy
Succeeded by Hastings Lees-Smith
In office
22 January 1924 – 3 November 1924
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by Hon. E. F. L. Wood
Succeeded by Lord Eustace Percy
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education
In office
19 October 1908 – 10 August 1914
Prime Minister H. H. Asquith
Preceded by Thomas McKinnon Wood
Succeeded by Christopher Addison
Member of Parliament
for Newcastle Central
In office
15 November 1922 – 27 October 1931
Preceded by George Renwick
Succeeded by Arthur Denville
Member of Parliament
for Elland
In office
8 March 1899 – 14 December 1918
Preceded by Thomas Wayman
Succeeded by George Taylor Ramsden
Personal details
Born 28 October 1870 (1870-10-28)
Died 24 January 1958 (1958-01-25) (aged 87)
Nationality British
Political party Liberal
Labour
Spouse(s) Mary Bell

Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet, PC (28 October 1870 – 24 January 1958) was a British Liberal Party, and later Labour Party, politician and landowner. He served as President of the Board of Education in 1924 and between 1929 and 1931 in the first two Labour administrations of Ramsay MacDonald.

Born into a liberal aristocratic family (see Trevelyan baronets of Nettlecombe, 1662), Charles was the eldest son of Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Caroline, daughter of Robert Needham Philips MP. He was the grandson of Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, the elder brother of R. C. Trevelyan and G. M. Trevelyan and the great-nephew of Lord Macaulay. He was the great-great grandson of Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Baronet (1735–1828). Family legend traced their ancestry to Sir Trevillian, one of King Arthur's knights, who swam ashore on horseback when Lyonesse sank. The family kept three houses year round: Wallington Hall, which the family had owned since 1777, Welcombe House, and a town house in Westminster. The family estates comprised more than 11,000 acres.

After Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, Charles Philips decided upon a political career. Beatrice Webb, his friend, described him as "a man who has every endowment - social position, wealth, intelligence, an independent outlook, good looks, good manners".


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