Charles Trimnell | |
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Bishop of Winchester | |
Diocese | Diocese of Winchester |
In office | 1721 – 1723 (death) |
Predecessor | Jonathan Trelawny |
Successor | Richard Willis |
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Orders | |
Ordination | 1687 by Thomas Barlow |
Consecration | 8 February 1708 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1663 |
Died | 15 August 1723 Farnham Castle, Surrey, Great Britain | (aged 59–60)
Buried | Winchester Cathedral |
Nationality | English |
Denomination | Anglican |
Alma mater | New 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.