![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “If the Irish Government said the Trevelyan family are liable for what Sir Charles Edward did, then of course that would have to be considered.” But she also acknowledged that his views were not “entirely clear”. Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster’s The Nolan Show, Laura Trevelyan, a former BBC journalist, responded to a question regarding the possibility of paying reparations. ![]() How much compensation would suffice for the Famine dead? And what about forced emigration and evictions? Can they be thrown into the mix too? And just what was the extent of fatalities Trevelyan, who had responsibility for overseeing the response to the Famine, can be blamed for? While we’re at it, surely we’re owed a few extra bob from plenty of others for centuries of imperial exploitation and the social engineering and displacement arising from plantations? The suggestion by Laura Trevelyan, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Charles Trevelyan, assistant secretary at the British Treasury from 1840-59, that her family might throw us a few quid to make amends for the Famine seems to belong to the realm of farce. ![]()
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