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The Right Honourable
The Lord Kesteven
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Kesteven PC
President of the Poor Law Board
	In office; 1 March 1852 – 17 December 1852
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby
Preceded by	Matthew Talbot Baines
Succeeded by	Matthew Talbot Baines
Personal details
Born	5 May 1800
Died	17 December 1874 (aged 74)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Julia Sheffield (d. 1876)

John Trollope, 1st Baron Kesteven PC (5 May 1800 – 17 December 1874), known as Sir John Trollope, Bt, between 1820 and 1868, was a British Conservative politician. He was president of the Poor Law Board in the Earl of Derby's short-lived 1852 Conservative administration.

Background

Trollope was the son of Sir John Trollope, 6th Baronet, and Anne, daughter of Henry Thorold. He was the elder brother of General Sir Charles Trollope and the Right Reverend Edward Trollope and the second cousin of the novelist Anthony Trollope. He was educated at Eton and later served with the 10th Hussars, achieving the rank of captain.^[1]

Political career

Trollope was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1825^[2] and was then returned to Parliament for Lincolnshire South in 1841, a seat he held until 1868.^[3]

Under the Earl of Derby, he was president of the Poor Law Board between March and December 1852^[4] and was sworn of the Privy Council in March of the same year.^[5] In 1868, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Kesteven, of Casewick in the County of Lincoln.^[6]

Family

Lord Kesteven married Julia Maria, daughter of Sir Robert Sheffield, 4th Baronet, in 1847. They had three sons and three daughters. He died in December 1874, aged 74, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, John. Lady Kesteven died in November 1876.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "John Trollope, 1st Baron Kesteven", The Peerage
^ Annual Register, volume 67, p189, edited by Edmund Burke
^ "House of Commons: Lichfield and Tamworth to London and Westminster South". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
^ "No. 21297". The London Gazette. 2 March 1852. p. 671.
^ leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors 1836-1914^[usurped]
^ "No. 23370". The London Gazette. 14 April 1868. p. 2220.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Handley Gilbert Heathcote	Member of Parliament for South Lincolnshire 1841–1868 Served alongside: Christopher Turnor 1841–1847; Lord Burgley 1847–1857 Anthony Wilson 1857–1859 George Hussey Packe 1859–1868	Succeeded by George Hussey Packe William Welby-Gregory
Political offices
Preceded by Matthew Talbot Baines	President of the Poor Law Board 1852	Succeeded by Matthew Talbot Baines
Baronetage of England
Preceded by John Trollope	Baronet (of Casewick) 1820–1874	Succeeded by John Trollope
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Kesteven 1868–1874	Succeeded by John Trollope