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For the writer, see <a href="/wiki/John_Trenchard_(writer)" title="John Trenchard (writer)">John Trenchard (writer)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;">Sir</div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">John Trenchard</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:SirJohnTrenchard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/SirJohnTrenchard.jpg/220px-SirJohnTrenchard.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/SirJohnTrenchard.jpg/330px-SirJohnTrenchard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/SirJohnTrenchard.jpg/440px-SirJohnTrenchard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="558" data-file-height="760" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>as Chief Justice of Cheshire</li><li>18th-century engraving by <a href="/wiki/James_Watson_(engraver)" title="James Watson (engraver)">James Watson</a></li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Northern_Department" title="Secretary of State for the Northern Department">Secretary of State for the Northern Department</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1693–1694</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Finch,_2nd_Earl_of_Nottingham" title="Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham">The Earl of Nottingham</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Talbot,_1st_Duke_of_Shrewsbury" title="Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury">The Duke of Shrewsbury</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1649-03-30</span>)</span>30 March 1649<br /><a href="/wiki/Lytchett_Matravers" title="Lytchett Matravers">Lytchett Matravers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">27 April 1695<span style="display:none">(1695-04-27)</span> (aged 46)<br /><a href="/wiki/Kensington,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Kensington, London">Kensington, London</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Bloxworth" title="Bloxworth">Bloxworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Andrew,_Bloxworth-_memorial_(7)_(geograph_3169595).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/St_Andrew%2C_Bloxworth-_memorial_%287%29_%28geograph_3169595%29.jpg/220px-St_Andrew%2C_Bloxworth-_memorial_%287%29_%28geograph_3169595%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/St_Andrew%2C_Bloxworth-_memorial_%287%29_%28geograph_3169595%29.jpg/330px-St_Andrew%2C_Bloxworth-_memorial_%287%29_%28geograph_3169595%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/St_Andrew%2C_Bloxworth-_memorial_%287%29_%28geograph_3169595%29.jpg/440px-St_Andrew%2C_Bloxworth-_memorial_%287%29_%28geograph_3169595%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Mural monument to Sir John Trenchard, St Andrew's Church, Bloxworth. Displaying the arms of Trenchard impaling Speke</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Sir John Trenchard</b> (30 March 1649 – 27 April 1695)<sup id="cite_ref-hopo_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hopo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an English politician and landowner. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Trenchard_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He belonged to an old <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a> family. He was born on 30 March 1649 at <a href="/wiki/Lytchett_Matravers" title="Lytchett Matravers">Lytchett Matravers</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Poole" title="Poole">Poole</a>, to Thomas Trenchard of Wolverton (1615–1671), and his wife Hannah née Henley (d. 1691).<sup id="cite_ref-hopo_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hopo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His grandfather was <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Trenchard_(Dorset_MP)" title="Thomas Trenchard (Dorset MP)">Sir Thomas Trenchard of Wolverton</a> (1582–1657), who was knighted by <a href="/wiki/James_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="James I of England">James I</a> in 1613.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Winchester_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Winchester School">Winchester</a> (1661-1665) and at <a href="/wiki/New_College,_Oxford" title="New College, Oxford">New College, Oxford</a> (1665-1667).<sup id="cite_ref-hopo_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hopo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1667, he entered the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Temple" title="Middle Temple">Middle Temple</a> and was called to the bar in 1674. John Trenchard entered parliament as member for <a href="/wiki/Taunton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Taunton (UK Parliament constituency)">Taunton</a> in 1679. He associated himself with those who proposed to exclude the <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_England" title="James II of England">Duke of York</a> from the throne, and attended some of the meetings held by these malcontents. It is possible he was concerned in the <a href="/wiki/Rye_House_Plot" title="Rye House Plot">Rye House Plot</a>. In fact, he was arrested at all of the events in July 1683, but no definite evidence was brought against him so he was released.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When <a href="/wiki/James_Scott,_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth" title="James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth">Monmouth</a> landed in the west of <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> in June 1685, Trenchard fled from England to <a href="/wiki/Groningen" title="Groningen">Groningen</a>, Netherlands.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 1687–1688, he was pardoned through the good offices of <a href="/wiki/William_Penn" title="William Penn">William Penn</a>, and able to return home. Again he entered parliament, but he took no active part in the <a href="/wiki/Glorious_Revolution" title="Glorious Revolution">Revolution</a> of 1688, although he managed to secure the good will of <a href="/wiki/William_III_of_England" title="William III of England">William III</a>. On 29 October 1689, he was knighted by the king, and made <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Chester" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice of Chester">Chief Justice of Chester</a>. In 1692, he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Northern_Department" title="Secretary of State for the Northern Department">Secretary of State</a>. 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(politician, died 1689)">George</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary_Speke" title="Mary Speke">Mary Speke</a> of <a href="/wiki/White_Lackington" class="mw-redirect" title="White Lackington">White Lackington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-hopo_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hopo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with four sons and three daughters including: </p> <ol><li>George Trenchard (d. 1758)</li> <li>Maria Trenchard (1687-)</li> <li>William Trenchard (12 October 1694-)</li></ol> <p>Sir John died on 27 April 1695 at Kensington, London, of tuberculosis<sup id="cite_ref-hopo_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hopo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he is buried at Bloxworth, Dorset. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Poole, Dorset"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_History_of_Parliament" title="The History of Parliament">The History of Parliament</a> Trust<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=TRENCHARD%2C+Sir+John+%281649-95%29%2C+of+Lytchett+Matravers%2C+nr.+Poole%2C+Dorset&rft.pub=The+History+of+Parliament+Trust&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyofparliamentonline.org%2Fvolume%2F1690-1715%2Fmember%2Ftrenchard-sir-john-1649-95&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Trenchard+%28politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChisholm1911">Chisholm 1911</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">IGI: Baptism of Maria Trenchard to John and Philippa on 18 March 1687 at Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Groningen, Netherlands</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Trenchard_(politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSeccombe1899" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Seccombe, Thomas (1899). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Trenchard, John (1640-1695)"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Trenchard,_John_(1640-1695)">"Trenchard, John (1640–1695)" </a></span>. In <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Lee" title="Sidney Lee">Lee, Sidney</a> (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Dictionary of National Biography</a></i>. Vol. 57. London: Smith, Elder & Co.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Trenchard%2C+John+%281640%E2%80%931695%29&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Smith%2C+Elder+%26+Co&rft.date=1899&rft.aulast=Seccombe&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Trenchard+%28politician%29" class="Z3988"></span> , which gives his year of birth incorrectly as 1640.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFClifton" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Clifton, Robin. "Trenchard, Sir John (1649–1695)". <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> (online ed.). Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F27705">10.1093/ref:odnb/27705</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Trenchard%2C+Sir+John+%281649%E2%80%931695%29&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F27705&rft.aulast=Clifton&rft.aufirst=Robin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Trenchard+%28politician%29" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(Subscription or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public">UK public library membership</a> required.)</span></li></ul> <p><b>Attribution:</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="noprint"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> </span>This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChisholm1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. (1911). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Trenchard,_Sir_John" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Trenchard, Sir John">Trenchard, Sir John</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 245.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Trenchard%2C+Sir+John&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=245&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Trenchard+%28politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliament of England</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Wyndham,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Wyndham, 1st Baronet">Sir William Wyndham, Bt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Portman,_6th_Baronet" title="Sir William Portman, 6th Baronet">Sir 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Bt</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Sanford_(MP)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Sanford (MP) (page does not exist)">John Sanford</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Harbord_(politician)" title="William Harbord (politician)">William Harbord</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Guybon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Francis Guybon (page does not exist)">Sir Francis Guybon</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Thetford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Thetford (UK Parliament constituency)">Thetford</a><br /><small>with </small> </b><br />1689–1690 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a 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