Thomas Trench (5 July 1763 – 7 January 1834) was an

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at the end of 18th and the first decades of the 19th centuries. Trench was born in

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and educated at

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 ...

. Trench was appointed 4th

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on 27 July 1809; and

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on 7 August1809. He was the brother of

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 ...

. He died in post.'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries'

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(Liverpool, England), Friday, 17 January 1834; Issue 1185

References

1834 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 18th-century Irish Anglican priests 19th-century Irish Anglican priests 1763 births Deans of Kildare Christian clergy from County Galway {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub