Trevelyan is a Welsh and Cornish name derived from a place-name which originally meant "farmstead ' trev' or ''Tref'' (town in Welsh) of Elyan".

People with the surname

Anne-Marie Trevelyan Anne-Marie Belinda Trevelyan (née Beaton; born 6 April 1969) is a British politician who served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (United Kingdom), Minister of State for Indo-Pacific under Rishi Sunak between October 2022 to July 2024. ...

(born 1969), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick upon Tweed since 2015 *

Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, (2 April 1807 – 19 June 1886) was an English people, English civil servant and British Empire, colonial administrator. As a young man, he worked with the colonial government in Kolkata, Calcutta, In ...

, 2nd creation (1807–1886), British civil servant *

Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet (28 October 1870 – 24 January 1958) was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party, and later Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, politician and landowner. He served as Secretary of State for Education ...

, 2nd creation (1870–1958), British Member of Parliament *

Francis Trevelyan Buckland Francis Trevelyan Buckland (17 December 1826 – 19 December 1880), better known as Frank Buckland, was an English surgeon, zoologist, popular author and natural historian. He was born in a noted family of naturalists. After a brief career in m ...

(1826–1880), English surgeon, zoologist, popular author and natural historian *

George Macaulay Trevelyan George Macaulay Trevelyan (16 February 1876 – 21 July 1962) was an English historian and academic. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1898 to 1903. He then spent more than twenty years as a full-time author. He returned to th ...

(1876–1962), British historian and university administrator * Sir George Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet, 1st creation (1707–1768) *

Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, (20 July 1838 – 17 August 1928) was a British statesman and author. In a ministerial career stretching almost 30 years, he was most notably twice Secretary for Scotland under William Ewart Gladstone and ...

, 2nd creation (1838–1928), British statesman and historian, as George Otto Trevelyan * Sir George Trevelyan, 4th Baronet, 2nd creation (1906–1996), British new age spiritualist *

Humphrey Trevelyan Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan, (27 November 1905 – 9 February 1985) was a British colonial administrator, diplomat and writer. Having begun his career in the Indian Civil Service and Indian Political Service, he transferred to HM Diplo ...

, Baron Trevelyan (1905–1985), British diplomat and author * John Trevelyan (disambiguation) * Julian Trevelyan (1910–1988), English artist and poet *

Julian Trevelyan (pianist) Julian Miles Trevelyan (born 1998) is a British pianist and musicologist who won international competitions, such as the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in Paris in 2015 at age 16. Life and career Education He is son and heir apparent of ...

(born 1998), British concert pianist *

Laura Trevelyan Laura Kate Trevelyan (born 21 August 1968) is a British-American journalist who worked for the BBC for 30 years. She served as an '' On the Record'' reporter, United Nations correspondent (2006–2009), and New York correspondent (2009–2012), ...

(born 1968), BBC journalist * Mary Caroline Moorman (1905 - 1994) née Trevelyan, English historian * R. C. Trevelyan (1872–1951), English poet and translator * Raleigh Trevelyan (1923–2014), British author, editor and publisher * Robert Trevelyan (cricketer) (born 1970), English former first-class cricketer * Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, 6th Baronet, 1st creation (1797–1879) * Walter Trevelyan (1821–1894), English first-class cricketer and barrister

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Alec Trevelyan Alec Trevelyan is a fictional character who is the main antagonist in the 1995 James Bond film ''GoldenEye,'' portrayed by actor Sean Bean. Bean's likeness was also used as the model for Alec Trevelyan in the 1997 video game '' GoldenEye 007'' ...

, a character in the James Bond movie ''GoldenEye'' * Dr. Francis Trevelyan, a character in ''

The Spy with a Cold Nose ''The Spy with a Cold Nose'' is a 1966 British comedy film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Laurence Harvey, Daliah Lavi, Lionel Jeffries, Denholm Elliott, and Colin Blakely. It was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Plot A d ...

'' * Dr. Trevelyan, a character in " The Adventure of the Resident Patient" by Arthur Conan Doyle * Captain Trevelyan, a character in ''

The Sittaford Mystery ''The Sittaford Mystery'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1931 under the title of ''The Murder at Hazelmoor'' and in UK by the Collins Crime Club on 7 S ...

'' by Agatha Christie * Louis Trevelyan, a character in '' He Knew He Was Right'' by Anthony Trollope * Christian Trevelyan Grey, a character in ''

Fifty Shades of Grey ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It became the first instalment in the ''Fifty Shades'' novel series that follows the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, ...

'' by EL James * Kurt Trevelyan, a character in '' Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'' by Eric Nylund * Trevelyan, a character who escaped the inundation of the sea when

Lyonesse Lyonesse ( /liːɒˈnɛs/ ''lee-uh-NESS'') is a kingdom which, according to legend, consisted of a long strand of land stretching from Land's End at the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England, to what is now the Isles of Scilly in the Celtic ...

was engulfed * Inquisitor Trevelyan, a potential player character in '' Dragon Age: Inquisition'' * Colley Trevelyan, a character in "Sparrows in the Scullery" by

Barbara Brooks Wallace Barbara Brooks Wallace (December 3, 1922 – November 27, 2018) was an American children's writer. She won the NLAPW Children's Book Award and International Youth Library "Best of the Best" for ''Claudia'' (2001) and William Allen White Childre ...

* Armand Trevelyan, a character in Isaac Asimov's novella "

Profession A profession is a field of Work (human activity), work that has been successfully professionalized. It can be defined as a disciplined group of individuals, professionals, who adhere to ethical standards and who hold themselves out as, and are ...

" * Maxim Trevelyan, character in '' The Mister'' by E. L. James.

People with the forename

*Trevelyan Richards, coxswain of the RNLI lifeboat during the

Penlee lifeboat disaster The Penlee lifeboat disaster occurred on 19 December 1981 off the coast of Cornwall, England. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat ''Solomon Browne'', based at the Penlee Lifeboat Station near Mousehole, went to the aid of th ...

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* Trevelyan baronets *

Trevelyan College, Durham Trevelyan College (known colloquially as Trevs) is a college of Durham University, England. Founded in 1966, the college takes its name from social historian George Macaulay Trevelyan George Macaulay Trevelyan (16 February 1876 – 21 July ...

, England * ''Trevelyan'', an 1833 novel by Caroline Lucy Scott * Trevelyan's char ('' Salvelinus colii''), a cold-water fish

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