John Trollope, 1st Baron Kesteven

John Trollope, 1st Baron Kesteven PC (5 May 1800 – 17 December 1874), known as Sir John Trollope, Bt, between 1820 and 1868, was a British Conservative politician. He was president of the Poor Law Board in the Earl of Derby's short-lived 1852 Conservative administration.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Kesteven
PC
President of the Poor Law Board
In office
1 March 1852 – 17 December 1852
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Earl of Derby
Preceded byMatthew Talbot Baines
Succeeded byMatthew Talbot Baines
Personal details
Born5 May 1800 (1800-05-05)
Died17 December 1874 (1874-12-18) (aged 74)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
SpouseJulia Sheffield (d. 1876)

Background

Trollope was the son of Sir John Trollope, 6th Baronet, and Anne, daughter of Henry Thorold. He was the elder brother of General Sir Charles Trollope and the Right Reverend Edward Trollope and the second cousin of the novelist Anthony Trollope. He was educated at Eton and later served with the 10th Hussars, achieving the rank of captain.[1]

Political career

Trollope was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1825[2] and was then returned to Parliament for Lincolnshire South in 1841, a seat he held until 1868.[3]

Under the Earl of Derby, he was president of the Poor Law Board between March and December 1852[4] and was sworn of the Privy Council in March of the same year.[5] In 1868, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Kesteven, of Casewick in the County of Lincoln.[6]

Family

Lord Kesteven married Julia Maria, daughter of Sir Robert Sheffield, 4th Baronet, in 1847. They had three sons and three daughters. He died in December 1874, aged 74, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, John. Lady Kesteven died in November 1876.[1]

References
  1. "John Trollope, 1st Baron Kesteven", The Peerage
  2. Annual Register, volume 67, p189, edited by Edmund Burke
  3. "House of Commons: Lichfield and Tamworth to London and Westminster South". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "No. 21297". The London Gazette. 2 March 1852. p. 671.
  5. leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors 1836-1914[Usurped!]
  6. "No. 23370". The London Gazette. 14 April 1868. p. 2220.
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