birth_date: 1914-06-29 00:00:00
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name: Charles Chenevix Trench
about: Major Charles Pocklington Chenevix Trench was the great grandson of Richard Chenevix Trench.Charles Chenevix Trench became the author of a wide variety of popular historical works after serving as an Indian Army officer in the 1930s, winning an MC during the Second World War and then becoming a district commissioner in Kenya. He wrote 19 books, including three classic accounts of British India. His interest in the 18th century led to his biography of the demagogue John Wilkes, and The Royal Malady, a study of George III's madness which drew on the unpublished papers of the King's physician, Sir George Baker, and the diary of Dr John Willis. He also produced The Western Risings, an account of the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion, and Grace's Car Major Charles Pocklington Chenevix Trench was the great grandson of Richard Chenevix Trench.Charles Chenevix Trench became the author of a wide variety of popular historical works after serving as an Indian Army officer in the 1930s, winning an MC during the Second World War and then becoming a district commissioner in Kenya. He wrote 19 books, including three classic accounts of British India. His interest in the 18th century led to his biography of the demagogue John Wilkes, and The Royal Malady, a study of George III's madness which drew on the unpublished papers of the King's physician, Sir George Baker, and the diary of Dr John Willis. He also produced The Western Risings, an account of the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion, and Grace's Card, Irish Catholic Landlords 1690-1800. ...more
death_date: 2003-11-26 00:00:00