Edward Trollope

Trollope, Edward (1817–1893) bishop of Nottingham [ [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/trebeck1900/southwell1.htm Notts History] ] and antiquary, was born at Uffington, near Stamford in Lincolnshire, on 15 April 1817, the sixth son of Sir John Trollope, of Casewick Hall, Uffington, and his wife, Anne, the daughter of Henry Thorold of Cuxwold , Lincolnshire. He was thus second cousin to the writer, Anthony Trollope.

Educated at Eton College [ Who was Who1897-2007: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN ISBN 9780199540877] and at Christ Church, Oxford ["University And Clerical Intelligence. Oxford, Jan. 1. (Official Appointments and Notices)" The Times Monday, Jan 03, 1842; pg. 3; Issue 17870; col E] , he returned to Lincolnshire to become vicar of Rauceby in 1841. In 1843 his maternal relative, Sir John Thorold, appointed him to the rectory of Leasingham, Lincolnshire, and he held this living for fifty years. In 1867 he was collated to the archdeaconry of Stow. The high point of his eminent career in the church came in 1877, when he was made Bishop of Nottingham. It was to a large extent the result of Edward Trollope’s hard work, as a fund raiser, that the new see of Southwell, was established in 1884 [J.V.Beckett, 'Edward Trollope, the Archbishop's Palace, and the Founding of the Diocese of Southwell in 1884' in J.V.Beckett, (ed.), "Nottinghamshire past : essays in honour of Adrian Henstock" (Cardiff, 2003)] . Despite Trollope’s efforts at the restoration of the Great Hall, next to Southwell Minster [ [http://www.southwellminster.co.uk/index.php Southwell Minster] ] , as a Bishop’s Palace, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners thought it unfit for purpose and the first Bishop of Southwell lived for a time at Thurgarton Priory [ [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/Brown1896/thurgarton.htm Thurgarton] ]

Trollope was particularly interested in architecture and antiquities. He became a member of the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society in 1855, and became its editorial secretary in 1857 and its Chairman in 1867 [T.R.Leach, 'Edward Trollope and the Lincoln diocesan architectural society' in C.Sturman, (ed.), "Some historians of Lincolnshire" (Occasional papers in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 9) (Lincoln: Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 1992)] He was an active writer and researcher with several books and many articles published. He is now mainly remembered as the author of "Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln" which was published in 1872. He also wrote a life of Pope Adrian IV (1856), a manual of sepulchral memorials (1858), a work on ancient and medieval labyrinths (1866), and genealogies of the Thorold and Trollope families (1874 and 1875).

He married twice, he had two daughters by his first marriage. Edward Trollope died at his home, Leasingham rectory on 10 December 1893, and was buried at Leasingham on 14 December [The Times, Monday, Jan 01, 1894; pg. 14; Issue 34149; col A "Obituary For 1893"] .

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* Anthony Wilson Thorold
* Trollope
* Bishop of Nottingham