An illustration of Charles Trevelyan during the Irish Famine, surrounded by suffering families, laborers, and stormy skies.

Charles #Trevelyan: The #controversial civil servant who shaped Ireland’s great #famine
A compelling look at Charles Trevelyan, the British civil servant
#IrishHistory #GreatFamine #CharlesTrevelyan #HistoricalFeature #WeekendRead #EuropeanHistory
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#CharlesTrevelyan, placed in charge of #famine relief by UK's #Liberal admin., on #ThisDayInHistory in 1846 wrote that the #Irish deserved to perish. "The great evil" was not the #PotatoFamine, "but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse, and turbulent character of the people."

Declan O’Rourke Laissez Faire | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley Declan O'Rourke Laissez Faire, The notion that one should love your neighbor as yourself is obviously as old as the milk of human kindness.

7th post on #DeclanORourke's 2017 masterpiece #ChroniclesoftheGreatIrishFamine @declanorourke #LaissezFaire Sir #CharlesTrevelyan "The judgement of God sent the calamity to teach the Irish a lesson" woodstockwhisperer.info/2018/01/13/d...