Robert Trimble

Robert Trimble (November 17, 1776 – August 25, 1828) was an attorney, judge, and a justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Early life and family

Trimble was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, to William Trimble and Mary McMillan. His family moved to Kentucky when he was three years old. They settled in the area outside Boonesboro (now Clark County).

Trimble's opportunities for early education were sparse, but he studied what material was available and taught school for a few years. He studied law at a new law school in Lebanon, Ohio. He also read law under George Nicholas until Nicholas' death in 1799, then continued his studies under future Louisiana Senator James Brown. He was licensed to practice law by the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1803 and commenced practice in Paris, Kentucky.

Trimble married Nancy Timberlake and the two had at least six children.

Political career

In 1803, Trimble was elected to represent Bourbon County in the Kentucky House of Representatives. During his single term in the legislature, he found that he disliked the life of a politician, and thereafter refused election to any public office, including two nominations to the U.S. Senate.

Robert Trimble (politician)

Colonel Robert Trimble (1824 – 5 September 1899) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Taranaki, New Zealand. He was briefly a judge at the Native Land Court.

Early life

Trimble was born near Belfast, Ireland, in 1824. He did his apprenticeship as a spinner at Sion Mills. He emigrated to America at age 21, where he remained for two or three years. While there, he was exposed to William Henry Channing's unitarianism, which he adopted instead of his presbyterian upbringing. He then moved to Manchester and then to Liverpool, where he worked for the American linen commission merchants Watson and Co.

In 1856, he married Jane Heywood of Manchester. She was the eldest daughter of Abel Heywood, who at the time was alderman and later became Mayor of Manchester. Their son W. H. Trimble became the first Hocken Librarian.

While in Manchester, he became interested in the volunteer movement and he joined the Liverpool Irish. He then joined the 15th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, where he financed an additional battery. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel and upon leaving Manchester, was promoted to Honorary Colonel. The leading personalities of Manchester attended his leaving dinner in 1875.