Trollope, Anthony (–82), novelist and post office surveyor, was born 24 April at 16 Keppel Street, Russell Square, London, the fifth of seven children of Thomas Anthony Trollope (–), barrister and gentleman farmer from a family of gentry and clerics, and his wife, Frances (Fanny) Trollope (née Milton; –), writer. Trollope's early life was overshadowed by his.