Charles Trimnell

Charles Trimnell
Bishop of Winchester
Contemporary portrait of Trimnell
DioceseDiocese of Winchester
In office1721 – 1723 (death)
PredecessorJonathan Trelawny
SuccessorRichard Willis
Other post(s)
Orders
Ordination1687
by Thomas Barlow
Consecration8 February 1708
Personal details
Born1663 (1663)
Died15 August 1723(1723-08-15) (aged 59–60)
Farnham Castle, Surrey, Great Britain
BuriedWinchester Cathedral
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
Alma materNew College, Oxford

Charles Trimnell (1663–1723) was an English Anglican bishop. He was a Whig in politics, and known for his attacks on High Church views, writing on the subordination of the Church of England to the state. After the accession of George I of Great Britain in 1714 he was in the royal favour and influential.