George Trevelyan (priest)
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George Trevelyan (17 December 1765 – 13 October 1827) was an
Anglican priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deity, deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in parti ...
in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Trevelyan was the son of Sir John Trevelyan . He was educated at St Alban Hall, Oxford, matriculating in 1789, graduating BCL in 1797, and was
ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...
in 1797. He held livings at Nettlecombe, Somerset, Treborough and Huish Champflower. He was Archdeacon of Bath from 1815 to 1817; and
Archdeacon of Taunton The Archdeacon of Taunton has been, since the twelfth century, the senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the archdeaconry of Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells (in the Church of England). The archdeaconry includes List of ecclesiastical ...
from then until his death."Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857": Volume 5, Pages 16-18, Bath and Wells Diocese Institute of Historical Research, London, 1979


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1765 births Alumni of St Alban Hall, Oxford Archdeacons of Taunton Archdeacons of Bath Younger sons of baronets 1827 deaths Trevelyan family {{Canterbury-archdeacon-18C-stub