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==Early life and education== Trimble was born in [[Belfast]] on 15 October 1944.<ref name="NYT obit"/><ref name=AP>{{cite news|title=David Trimble, architect of N Ireland peace deal, dies at 77|url=https://apnews.com/article/obituaries-ireland-dublin-northern-2e9f9fe25ed7d50f222e4fc8add60a0e|first1=Sylvia|last1=Hui|first2=Jill|last2=Lawless|date=25 July 2022|access-date=25 July 2022|work=Associated Press|archive-date=25 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725194207/https://apnews.com/article/obituaries-ireland-dublin-northern-2e9f9fe25ed7d50f222e4fc8add60a0e|url-status=live}}</ref> He was the son of William and Ivy Trimble, lower-middle class [[Presbyterian]]s who lived in [[Bangor, County Down]].<ref name="google4">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ny77bPwKxaUC&pg=PA323 |title=The Nobel Peace Prize and the ... |access-date=29 June 2010 |isbn=9780881353884 |last1=Abrams |first1=Irwin |year=2001 |publisher=Science History Publications/USA |archive-date=5 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105071452/https://books.google.com/books?id=ny77bPwKxaUC&pg=PA323 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="google1">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s21VHD28o0EC&q=%22william+david+trimble%22 |title=Newsmakers |access-date=28 June 2010 |isbn=9780787621124 |year=2000 |author1=Newsmakers |publisher=Gale Research |archive-date=31 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831111409/https://books.google.com/books?id=s21VHD28o0EC&q=%22william+david+trimble%22 |url-status=live }}</ref> He attended [[Bangor Grammar School]] from 1956 to 1963.<ref name="tmcentertainment1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tmcentertainment.co.uk/speaker-index.html?speakerid=260&speakertypeid=6 |title=The Rt. Hon. Lord David Trimble |publisher=TMC Entertainment |access-date=30 June 2010 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718162324/http://www.tmcentertainment.co.uk/speaker-index.html?speakerid=260&speakertypeid=6 |url-status=live }}</ref> He then studied at [[Queen's University of Belfast]] (QUB) from 1964 to 1968, where he was awarded the McKane Medal for Jurisprudence.<ref name="tmcentertainment1"/> He received a [[First Class Honours (degree)|first class honours degree]] (the first at Queen's in three years), becoming a [[Bachelor of Laws]] (LL.B).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yaGIAAAAMAAJ&q=%22william+david+trimble%22 |title=Dod's parliamentary companion |date=16 October 2008 |access-date=28 June 2010 |last1=Dod |first1=Charles Roger |last2=Dod |first2=Robert Phipps |publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited |isbn=9780905702360 |archive-date=29 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829060915/https://books.google.com/books?id=yaGIAAAAMAAJ&q=%22william+david+trimble%22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="warwicklawsociety2004">{{Cite web |url=http://www.warwicklawsociety.com/obiter_dicta/obiterdicta_v4_2_2003-2004.pdf |title=Obiter Dicta |date=Spring 2004 |access-date=30 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308181855/http://www.warwicklawsociety.com/obiter_dicta/obiterdicta_v4_2_2003-2004.pdf |archive-date=8 March 2012|publisher=Warwick Law Society }}</ref> Trimble's paternal grandfather George was born in [[Easkey]], [[County Sligo]], to parents William Trimble and Mary Burns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/sligo-weekender/20220804/281848647363167|title=|via=PressReader}}</ref>
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