TREVELYAN, SIR GEORGE OTTO

(1838), Eng. statesman and man of letters; secretary for Scotland, 1886 and 1892-5; helped to bring about the abolition of purchase in the army and the granting of the franchise to the agricultural laborer; his writings include the famous Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, 1876; The Early History of Charles James Fox, 1880; The American Revolution, 1909; George JII. and Charles Fox.