A VETERAN POLITICIAN
Nephew of Lord Macaulay ami father of a. member of the first British Labour Cabinet, Sir George Otto Trevelyan has completed his 87tli year. It is not far short of 30 years since he left politics, and he is the senior survivor of the l ong list of men who filled the now' extinct office of Chief Secretary for Ireland. Entering the House of Commons fiO years ago. Sir George did not have to wait long before he became a Minister, tor he served ns a Civil Lord of the Admiralty in Mr Gladstone's first Administration, which took office in 1868. Next to Mr Thomas Hardy, Sir George is the ‘ longest-appointed of the civil members of the Order of Merit.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12252, 25 September 1925, Page 9
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123A VETERAN POLITICIAN New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12252, 25 September 1925, Page 9
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