![]() ![]() ![]() He was ordained priest early in July, 1835, by Bishop Sumner, of Winchester. He married, at the Abbey Church, Bath, on May 31st, 1832, his own cousin, Frances Mary Trench, daughter of his uncle, Francis Trench. He left Cambridge on February 1st, 1829, and rejoined his widowed father at Elm Lodge, near Southampton. Until early manhood he was undecided as to his calling, Law rather than Divinity colouring his thoughts and plans. The Letters and Memorials give vivid and exciting details of his continuous interest and daring personal service and sacrifices on behalf of Spain. She was his ardent co-worker both as contributor and critic.In 1826 he learned Spanish, and in that year applied himself to preparing and publishing a volume of Miscellanies, of which the “profits were to be sent to the committee formed for the relief of the exiled Spaniards.” On May 27th, 1827, his mother died at Malvern. His mother’s correspondence is full of references to a little periodical called "The Translator", begun in 1825, or immediately on his becoming an undergraduate. In October 1825 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge. In February, 1816 he attended Twyford School, and in 1819 Harrow, where he won great distinction. ![]() Trench’s home in childhood was Elm Lodge, close to the village of Bursledon, not far from Southampton. His father was Richard Trench, his mother Melesina, only grandchild and heiress of Richard Chenebix, Bishop of Waterford, and widow of Colonel St. Richard Chenebix Trench was born on September 9, 1807, North Frederick Street, Dublin, Ireland. ![]()
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