Constance Trollope was the sister of Mark Napier Trollope, Bishop in Korea, 1911-1930. She worked as Organising Secretary of the Korean Mission in 1916. She died on 4 Sep 1954. Mark Napier Trollope was born in 1862. He was ordained into the priesthood in 1888, and arrived as a missionary in Korea in 1891. He was consecrated as Third Bishop in Korea on 25 July 1911. He died on board ship in Kobe harbour, Japan, on 6 November 1930.
Reference: Compiled from records of the Korean Mission.
Papers of Constance Trollope including correspondence, dated 1930-1950, relating to the death of her brother, Mark Napier Trollope, Bishop in Korea, and the research, publication and reception of her book
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