Editing Hugh Trevor-Roper (section)

==Early life and education==
Trevor-Roper was born at [[Glanton]], [[Northumberland]], England, the son of Kathleen Elizabeth Davidson (died 1964) and Bertie William Edward Trevor-Roper (1885–1978), a doctor, descended from [[Henry Roper, 8th Baron Teynham]] and second husband of Anne, 16th [[Baron Dacre#Barons Dacre, first Creation (1321)|Baroness Dacre]].<ref>''Hugh Trevor-Roper: The Biography'', Adam Sisman, Hachette, p. 1</ref> Trevor-Roper "enjoyed (but not too seriously){{nbsp}}... that he was a collateral descendant of [[William Roper]], the son-in-law and biographer of Sir [[Thomas More]]{{nbsp}}... as a boy he was aware that only a dozen lives (several of them those of elderly bachelors) separated him from inheriting the Teynham peerage."<ref>''One Hundred Letters from Hugh Trevor-Roper'', ed. Richard Davenport-Hines, Adam Sisman, Oxford University Press, Introduction</ref>

Trevor-Roper's brother, [[Patrick Trevor-Roper|Patrick]], became a leading [[eye surgeon]] and [[gay rights]] activist. Trevor-Roper was educated at [[Belhaven Hill School]], [[Charterhouse School|Charterhouse]], and [[Christ Church, Oxford]], where he read first [[Classics]] (''Literae Humaniores'') and then [[Modern History]]. He got a first-class degree in [[Classical Moderations]] in 1934 and won the Craven, the Ireland, and the Hertford scholarships in Classics. Initially, both he and his brother<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Richmond |first=Caroline |date=2004-05-08 |title=Patrick Trevor-Roper |journal=British Medical Journal |volume=328 |issue=7448 |pmc=406337 |at=Supplementary Material (Longer Version) |issn=0959-8138}}</ref> intended to make their careers in the Classics, but Hugh became bored with what he regarded as the pedantic technical aspects of the classics course at Oxford and switched to history, where he obtained first-class honours in 1936.<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Beran | first = Michael Knox | title = H.R. Trevor-Roper, R.I.P. | magazine = National Review | date=30 January 2003 | url = http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-beran013103.asp | access-date = 20 June 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070709172943/http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-beran013103.asp | archive-date = 9 July 2007}}</ref> Whilst at Oxford, he was a member of the exclusive [[Stubbs Society]] and was initiated as a [[Freemason]] in the [[Apollo University Lodge]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Oxford Freemasons: A Social History of the Apollo University Lodge |first1=Joe Mordaunt |last1=Crook |first2=James W. |last2=Daniel |edition=First |location= Oxford |publisher=Bodleian Library |year=2019 |isbn=9781851244676}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://bodleianshop.co.uk/products/oxford-freemasons |title = Oxford Freemasons |publisher = Bodleian Libraries Shop |access-date = 20 October 2018 }}</ref>

In 1937, he moved from Christ Church to [[Merton College, Oxford]] to become a [[research fellow]].<ref name="WWW">{{cite web |title=Dacre of Glanton, Baron, (Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper) (1914 – 26 Jan. 2003) |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U12709 |website=[[Who Was Who]] |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=17 May 2023 |language=en |date=1 December 2007}}</ref><ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1420131/Lord-Dacre-of-Glanton.html|title=Lord Dacre of Glanton|date=27 January 2003|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=13 July 2013|type=obituary}}</ref><ref name="htr">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x9DuYfKwAugC&pg=PT380 |title=Hugh Trevor-Roper: The Biography |author=Adam Sisman |publisher=[[Hachette (publisher)|Hachette]] |year=2012 |pages=12–15 |isbn=978-0297858560 |access-date=18 March 2016}}</ref> His first book was a 1940 biography of [[Archbishop]] [[William Laud]], in which he challenged many of the prevailing perceptions surrounding Laud.