Charles Trimnell
Charles Trimnell | |
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| Bishop of Winchester | |
Contemporary portrait of Trimnell | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Winchester |
| In office | 1721 – 1723 (death) |
| Predecessor | Jonathan Trelawny |
| Successor | Richard Willis |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1687 by Thomas Barlow |
| Consecration | 8 February 1708 by Henry Compton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1663 |
| Died | 15 August 1723 (aged 59–60) Farnham Castle, Surrey, Great Britain |
| Buried | Winchester Cathedral |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Charles Trimnell (1663–1723) was an English Anglican bishop. He was a Whig in politics, and known for his attacks on High Church views, writing on the subordination of the Church of England to the state. After the accession of George I of Great Britain in 1714 he was in the royal favour and influential.