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Sir Charles Trollope (21 October 1808 – 5 July 1888) was a

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officer who served as colonel of the 1st Battalion

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Military career

Trollope was commissioned as an

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in the

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on 19 November 1825. After serving in the

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and in

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, he became commanding officer of the reserve battalion and was deployed to Cephalonia defending the island from insurgents between 1848 and 1850. He transferred to the command of the 62nd Regiment of Foot in April 1852 and commanded the 1st Brigade in the 2nd Division and then the 2nd Brigade in the 3rd Division during the

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. There is a memorial to Trollope at St Michael and All Angels' Church at Uffington in

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. Trollope became colonel of the 1st Battalion

in December 1868.

Family

Trollope was married twice. Firstly to Frances Lord who died in 1862. Secondly to Cordelia Murray who survived him, dying in 1909. funerary monument in Uffington church.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trollope, Charles 1808 births 1888 deaths British Army generals Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath People from Uffington, Lincolnshire Younger sons of baronets