1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
JOHN TRENCHARD (1662-1723), erroneously referred to by Macaulay as a son of Sir John Trenchard. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Trenchard inherited considerable wealth and was thus able to devote the greater part of his life to writing on political subjects, his point of view being that of a Whig and an opponent of the High Church party. His chief works are A Short History of Standing Armies in England (1698 and 1731) and The Natural History of Superstition (^og). With Thomas Gordon (d. 1750) he produced a wee…
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