Editing Trollope

{{About|the surname|the British frigate|HMS Trollope (K575)}}
The name '''Trollope''' is  derived from the place-name Troughburn, in [[Northumberland]], [[England]], <ref>Hey: p.7</ref> originally Trolhop, [[Old Norse|Norse]] for "[[troll]] valley". The earliest recorded use of the surname is John Andrew Trolope (1427–1461) who lived in Thornlaw, [[County Durham|Co. Durham]]<ref>Reaney: p.355</ref> and [[Andrew Trollope|Sir Andrew Trollope]] (died 1461) who was an English soldier during the later stages of the [[Hundred Years' War]] and at the time of the [[Wars of the Roses]].

Spelling variations of this family name include '''Trollop''', '''Trollope''', '''Trolloop''', '''Trollup''', '''Trollupe''', and others.

Notable Trollopes include:

* [[Andrew Trollope]] (died 1461), English professional soldier
* [[Anthony Trollope]] (1815–1882), English novelist and civil servant
* [[Arthur William Trollope]] (1768–1827), English cleric, headmaster of Christ's Hospital
* [[Edward Trollope]] (1817–1893), English antiquary and Anglican Bishop of Nottingham
* [[Frances Eleanor Trollope]] (1835–1913), English novelist, second wife of Thomas Adolphus Trollope
* [[Frances Milton Trollope]] (1780–1863), English novelist, mother of Thomas Adolphus Trollope and Anthony Trollope
* [[Henry Trollope]] (1756–1839), Royal Navy admiral
* [[Joanna Trollope]] (born 1943), English novelist
* [[John Trollope, 1st Baron Kesteven]] (1800–1874), President of the English Poor Law Board
* [[John Trollope (footballer)]] (born 1944), English association football player
* [[John Lightfoot Trollope]] (1897–1958), British First World War flying ace
* [[Mark Trollope]] (1862–1930), Anglican Bishop in Korea
* [[Paul Trollope]] (born 1972), English football coach and former professional footballer
* [[Robert Trollope]], 17th-century English architect
* [[Rowan Trollope]] (born 1972), Canadian business administrator, former Group President, Symantec Corporation
* [[Theodosia Trollope]] (1816–1865), English poet, translator and writer, first wife of Thomas Adolphus Trollope
* [[Thomas Adolphus Trollope]] (1810–1892), English writer

== Notes ==
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==References==
* D Hey ''Family Names and Family History'' (2000) . {{ISBN|1-85285-255-0}}
* P H Reaney ''Dictionary of British Surnames'' ( 1958). {{ISBN|0-7100-8106-5}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2007/06/essay_winner200706 Vanity Fair - Mrs. Trollope's America]
* [http://www.trollopesociety.org/ The Trollope Society]
* [http://www.joannatrollope.com/ Novelist, Joanna Trollope]
* [http://www.trollopeusa.org/ The USA Trollope Society]
* [http://nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1902/wollatonhall.htm  Notts History Society]
* [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101027750/ Oxford Biography]

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