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Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886
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Trench, Richard Chenevix; Dean of Westminster (afterwards Archbishop of Dublin). Third son of Richard Trench, Dublin, Ireland, barrister at law, and Melesina, dau. of Philip Chenevix ; b. 5 Sep 1807 ; educ. Harrow Sch. and Trinity Coll.Cambridge ; BA 1829 ; MA 1833 ; BD 1850 ; ordained deacon 7 Oct 1832 (Norwich), priest 5 Jul 1835 ; successively Curate, Hadleigh, Suffolk, St.Peter’s, Colchester, Essex and Alverstoke, Hampshire ; Rector of Itchenstoke, Hampshire 1844-56 ; Professor of Divinity, King’s Coll.London 1847-56 ; Dean of Westminster 14 Oct 1856 – Dec 1863 ; consecrated Archbishop of Dublin 1 Jan 1864, resigning on account of failing health Nov 1884 ; author, works on divinity, philology, history and literature, as well as volumes of verse ; m. 31 May 1832 his cousin Frances Mary, dau. of Francis Trench, Sopwell Hall, co.Tipperary, Ireland ; d. 26 Mar 1886. Buried in nave, Westminster Abbey. ODNB.
From 1857 to 1863, while Dean of Westminster, he made an annual gift of ten guineas in books as prizes for knowledge of the Greek Testament, and this was continued by his successors as Dean.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2022
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.