Trevelyan
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Trevelyan is a rare Cornish surname (and less commonly, a first name). There is a family of Trevelyans, and it lends its name to Trevelyan College of the University of Durham. The name is derived from a Cornish place meaning "Village of Elian".
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- Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Bt (1807–1886) Civil Service reformer.
- Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Bt (1870-1958) British Member of Parliament
- Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Bt (1838–1928) Statesman and author, son of Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan.
- George Macaulay Trevelyan (1876–1962) - son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Bt., and a noted historian
- Sir George Lowthian Trevelyan, 4th Bt, New age spiritualist (1906–1996) - son of Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Bt and George Macaulay Trevelyan's nephew.
- John Trevelyan (1903–1986), Secretary of the British Board of Film Censors.
- Julian Trevelyan (1910–1988), British artist. Son of R. C. Trevelyan
- Raleigh Trevelyan Publisher and author
- R. C. Trevelyan, (1872–1951),Poet, son of George Otto Trevelyan.
- Francis Trevelyan Buckland
