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Colonel Robert Trimble (1824 – 5 September 1899) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Taranaki, New Zealand. He was briefly a judge at the Native Land Court. ==Early life== Trimble was born near Belfast, Ireland, in 1824. He did his apprenticeship as a spinner at Sion Mills. He emigrated to America at age 21, where he remained for two or three years. While there, he was exposed to William Henry Channing's unitarianism, which he adopted instead of his presbyterian upbringing. He then moved to Manchester and then to Liverpool, where he worked for the American linen commission merchants Watson and Co.〔 In 1856, he married Jane Heywood of Manchester. She was the eldest daughter of Abel Heywood, who at the time was alderman and later became Mayor of Manchester.〔 Their son W. H. Trimble became the first Hocken Librarian.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/heritage/donors/william-heywood-trimble )〕 While in Manchester, he became interested in the volunteer movement and he joined the Liverpool Irish. He then joined the 15th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, where he financed an additional battery. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel and upon leaving Manchester, was promoted to Honorary Colonel. The leading personalities of Manchester attended his leaving dinner in 1875.〔 Trimble settled with his family near Inglewood on of land purchased from the provincial government, on which he established a sawmill.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Trimble (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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