David was born in 1944 and attended school at Bangor Grammer. He received the Nobel Prize in 1998 following his work throughout the Northern Ireland peace process.
1944 - Born
1969 - Becomes law lecturer at Queens University Belfast
1974 - Legal adviser to the Ulster Workers' Council
1975 - Elected to the Northern Ireland Convention
1977 - Becomes senior lecturer
1990 - Elected to Westminster for Ulster Unionist Party
1995 - Elected Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
1998 - Awarded Nobel Prize
1998 - First Minister of Northern Ireland
2006 - Awarded Peerage as Lord Trimble of Lisnagarvey