William Power Keating Trench (1741 - 1805)

Born 23 Jun 1741 in Garbally, County Galway, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Gardiner) Trench — married 30 Oct 1762 in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland.

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1805 at age 63 in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland

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Biography

William Trench was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

William Trench is Notable.

William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty was born on 23 June 1741. He was the son of Richard Trench and Frances Power. He married Anne Gardiner, daughter of Rt. Hon. Charles Gardiner and Florinda Norman, on 30 October 1762.

He died on 27 April 1805 at age 63 at Ireland. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Galway [Ireland] between 1768 and 1797. He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Colonel Bagshaw's Regiment of Foot. He held the office of Sheriff of County Kilkenny in 1777. He was Colonel of the 1st Connaught Provincial Regiment between 1781 and 1783.

He was created 1st Baron Kilconnel of Garbally, co. Galway [Ireland] on 25 November 1797. He was created 1st Viscount Dunlo of Dunlo and Ballinasloe, in the Counties of Galway and Roscommon [Ireland] on 3 January 1801. He was created 1st Earl Clancarty, co. Cork [Ireland] on 11 February 1803

Children of William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty & Anne Gardiner

1. Frances Trench b. 1765, d. 1768
2. Lady Anne Trench b. 1766, d. 21 Nov 1833
3. Lady Florinda Trench b. 3 Aug 1766, d. 9 Feb 1851
4. Francis Trench b. b 1767, d. b 1805
5. Charles Trench b. bt 1767 - 1770
6. Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty b. 18 May 1767, d. 24 Nov 1837
7. Most Rev. Power Trench b. 10 Jun 1770, d. 26 Mar 1839
8. Rear-Admiral Hon. William Le Poer Trench b. 4 Jul 1771, d. 14 Aug 1846
9. Venerable Hon. Charles Le Poer Trench b. Dec 1772, d. 31 Oct 1839
10. Thomas Trench b. 1774, d. Jun 1795
11. Hon. Luke Henry Trench b. Nov 1775, d. 1799
12. Louisa Trench b. 1776, d. 1785
13. Hon. Frederick Trench b. Nov 1778, d. 1800
14. Hon. Sir Robert Le Poer Trench b. Jul 1782, d. 14 Mar 1823
15. Lady Elizabeth Trench b. 1784, d. 30 May 1877
16. Lady Harriet Le Poer Trench b. Sep 1785, d. 17 Nov 1855
17. Lady Frances Mary Trench b. Oct 1787, d. 22 Nov 1843
18. Lady Louisa Trench b. Mar 1789, d. 1853
19. Lady Emily Trench b. Sep 1790, d. 1816

Sources

• Wikipedia
• "'A Memoir of the Trench Family'; compiled by Thomas Richard Frederick Cooke-Trench; Spottiswoode & Company, printers; 1896."
• PDF version
• The Peerage.com (M, #38816).