He entered Christ's Hospital in 1775 and received his education there till 1787, when he matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
In 1796 he was appointed vicar of Ugley and perpetual curate of St Nicholas' Church, Berden in Essex.
[1][2] In 1799, on the resignation of James Boyer, Trollope was elected headmaster of Christ's Hospital.
[1] In 1814 Trollope was presented to the rectory of Colne-Engaine in Essex by the governors of Christ's Hospital, and resigned his preferments at Ugley and Berden.
[2] Trollope married Sarah, the daughter of William Wales, master of the Royal Mathematical School.