TRENCH, RICHARD CHENEVIN (1807-86). Archbishop of Dublin. poet, and scholar. He was born in Dublin. and educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, where lie took his degree in 1829, and was intimate with the mem bers of the 'Apostles' Club,' including Tennyson, Hallam, and Sterling. He was ordained deacon in 1832, and became curate to Hugh James Rose (q.v.) at Badleigh, identifying himself to a cer tain extent with the High-Church Party. He held the living of Curdridge, in Hampshire, from 1835 to 1841, and then once more served as a curate under the future Bishop Wilberforce. From 1846 to 1858 be held a theological pro fessorship at King's College, London, having meantime been appointed in 1856 to the deanery of Westminster. In 1863 he became Archbishop of Dublin, and took a foremost position in the opposition to the disestablishment of the Epis copal Church in Ireland. as well as in the settle
ment of the delicate questions which arose after it had been accomplished. He resigned his see, owing to infirmity. in 1884, and died in London two years later. He is remembered chiefly as a writer. Noteworthy among his theological works are: Notes on the Parables (1S41) : Notes on the Miracles (1846) : Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven Churches (1861); and Studies in the Gospels (1867) , all of which were widely popular and influential. His poetical work is graceful, tender, and thoughtful as a whole. A collected appeared in two volumes. 1885. His best-known books in philology are The Study of (1851), and English, Past and Present (1855). To these may be added his Lectures on Jl Church History (1877). Consult Trench, Letters and Memorials of archbishop Trench (London, 1886).