The University of Toronto was granted its charter as King's College, an Anglican institution, in 1827, but did not actually begin operation until 1843 (funding issues). In 1850 it was secularised as the University of Toronto by the provincial government, and John Strachan, at the age of 71, founded another University in 1851, Trinity College, gaining a charter from Queen Victoria in 1852. Trinity College, Victoria College, and St. Michael's College federated with the university in the late 1800s, and new colleges were created in the twentieth century.