Early Life and Education
Trimble was the son of William and Ivy Trimble, and grew up in a lower-middle class Presbyterian home in Bangor on the County Down coast. He was educated at Bangor Grammar School in Bangor, County Down (1956–63).
He then studied at Queen's University of Belfast (QUB) from 1964 to 1968, winning the McKane Medal for Jurisprudence. There he received a first class honours degree (the first at Queen's in three years), becoming a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B).
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