Trench, Richard (1807-1886), was a noted British churchman and scholar of the 1800’s. He served as the Anglican Archbishop of Dublin from 1863 to 1884. His studies of the Gospels and his interest in the study of language (philology) had great influence. As archbishop, he opposed Prime Minister William Gladstone’s plan for disestablishment of the Church of England in Ireland. Trench was born in Dublin, Ireland, then part of the United Kingdom. From 1846 to 1858, he was professor of divinity in King’s College, London. He became dean of Westminster in 1856.
