Robert Trimble was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Taranaki, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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He represented the Grey and Bell electorate from 1879 to 1881, and then the Taranaki

Taranaki (New Zealand electorate)

-History:The electorate existed from 1881 to 1928, and from 1978 to 1996. In 1996 it was combined with the adjacent King Country to form the Taranaki-King Country electorate.-Election results:...

 electorate from 1881 to 1887 when he was defeated.

He was from Lancashire, migrated to New Zealand in 1875, and established a sawmill near Inglewood

Inglewood

-Australia:*Inglewood, Queensland*Inglewood, Victoria*Inglewood, Western Australia-England:*Inglewood, a house in Cheshire*Inglewood Forest, Cumberland-United States:*Inglewood, California*Inglewood, Nebraska*Inglewood, Mecklenburg County, Virginia...

. His son W. H. Trimble was the first Hocken Librarian

Hocken Library

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