Michael Frederick Trench (May 1746 – April 1836) was an Irish Member of Parliament, he was a barrister, and an amateur architect.Michael Frederick Trench
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Biography

The son of the Rev. Frederick Trench and his wife Mary Moore, he was educated at

Kilkenny College Kilkenny College is an independent Church of Ireland co-educational day and boarding secondary school located in Kilkenny, in the South-East of Ireland. It is the largest co-educational boarding school in Ireland. The school's students are mainly ...

and

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

(BA 1766) and took the

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in 1770–1772. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1774. In July 1782 he was made a Justice of the Peace for county Roscommon. In 1785 he was returned to the

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for Maryborough in the by-election that followed the death of Sir Arthur Brooke, and sat until 1790. In 1789 he was appointed a commissioner and overseer of barracks and in 1803 he became chairman of the Barrack Board; he was also a governor of several hospitals. He designed and built in 1777, his home at Heywood House,

Ballinakill Ballinakill () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland on the R432 regional road between Abbeyleix, Ballyragget and Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. As of the 2016 census, there were 445 people living in Ballinakill. History From 1613 unti ...

. In 1774 he married Anne Helena Stewart; their elder son was General Sir Frederick William Trench and their youngest daughter Sarah Helena was the second wife of

Sir Compton Domvile, 1st Baronet Sir Compton Domvile, 1st Baronet (c. 1775 – 23 February 1857) of Templeogue and Santry House, County Dublin, was an Irish Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom parliament and Governor of County Dublin. Life He was born the eldest son of Ch ...

.E. M. Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800'', vol. VI (2002). Corrigendum on inside back cover correcting entry on pp. 436–437 which confuses him with

Frederick Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown Frederick Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown (17 September 1755 – 1 May 1840) was an Irish politician. He was the son of Frederick Trench and Mary (née Sadleir). The Trench family were of French descent. He was elected to represent Portarlington fro ...

References

1746 births 1836 deaths

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People educated at Kilkenny College Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Irish MPs 1783–1790 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for Queen's County constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub