William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty (23 June 1741 – 27 April 1805) was an

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aristocrat and politician and later

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statesman at the time of the Act of Union. His family, through his son

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, became prominent and hereditary members of the Netherlands' nobility.

Early life

Trench was born on 23 June 1741. He was one of six sons and five daughters born to Frances ( Power) Trench and Richard Trench. Among his siblings were Gen. Eyre Power Trench (who married Charlotte, widow of Lady Sir John Burgoyne, 7th Baronet and daughter of James Johnston), Nicholas Power Trench (who married Jane Butler, daughter of

Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet (1699 – 25 November 1771) was an Irish politician and baronet. Early life He was the eldest son of James Butler and Frances ( Abney) Parker Butler. His mother was the widow of Sir John Parker, who lived at ...

), and Anne Power Trench (wife of

Charles Cobbe Charles Cobbe (1686 in Swarraton – 1765) was Archbishop of Dublin from 1743 to 1765, and as such was Primate of Ireland. Early life Cobbe was the second son of Thomas Cobbe, of Swarraton, Winchester, Receiver General for County Southampton ...

, MP, son of

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and grandson of

, Archbishop of Dublin). His paternal grandparents were Elizabeth ( Eyre) Trench and Frederick Trench, who represented

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and Galway County in the

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. His maternal grandparents were David Power and Elizabeth ( Keating) Power.

Career

William was a

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in the

, and supported the Whigs. He represented Galway County from 1768 until 1797 and served as

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in 1777. He was advanced to the

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Baron Kilconnel Kilconnell () is a small rural village in County Galway, Ireland. The village gives its name to the barony of Kilconnell, formerly held by the Lords de Freyne. In 2006 David Tye purchased the original feudal Barony of Kilconnell created in 1170 ...

(created 25November 1797), and to the position of

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(created 3January 1801) as a reward for his continuing support of the Whig Party. On 12February 1803 he became

Earl of Clancarty Earl of Clancarty is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland. History The title was created for the first time in 1658 in favour of Donough MacCarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry, of the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty. He had ...

. His choice of the title is derived from his descent from Elena MacCarty, wife of John Power, daughter of Cormac Oge MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry, and sister of

Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty Sir Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty (1594–1665), was an Irish magnate, soldier, and politician. He succeeded as 2nd Viscount Muskerry in 1641. He rebelled against the government, demanding religious freedom as a Catholic and defendin ...

. He therefore became the first Earl of Clancarty in its second creation.

Personal life

On 30 October 1762, Trench married Anne Gardiner, daughter of Florinda ( Norman) Gardiner and

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of Dublin, MP for

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. Anne's brother was

Luke Gardiner, 1st Viscount Mountjoy Luke Gardiner, 1st Viscount Mountjoy Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire) (7 February 1745 – 5 June 1798) was an Irish landowner and politician. Biography He was the son of Charles Gardiner by his wife Florinda, daughter of Robert Norman. His s ...

. The Trench family seat was at

Garbally St. Joseph's College, Garbally Park (Irish: ''Coláiste Sheosaimh Naofa'') is an Irish voluntary Catholic secondary school situated in Garbally Park, the former seat of the Earl of Clancarty, near Ballinasloe in County Galway. It is a single-s ...

in Ballinasloe. William and Anne had nineteen children: # Frances Trench (1765–1768), who died young. # Anne Trench (1766–1833), who married William Gregory of Coole. # Lady Florinda Trench (1766–1851), who married

William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine, PC (Ire) (28 August 1761 – 7 January 1839) was an Irish MP and supporter of Union with Great Britain. Life He was born in Dublin, Ireland to Reverend Richard Handcock and Sarah Toler. In 1783, Han ...

. # Francis Trench (1767–1805), who died unmarried. # Charles Trench (1767–1770), who died young. #

Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty, 1st Marquess of Heusden (19 May 1767 – 24 November 1837), styled The Honourable from 1797 to 1803 and then Viscount Dunlo to 1805, was an Anglo-Irish peer, a nobleman in the Dutch nobility, and ...

(1767–1837), who married Henrietta Margaret Staples. #

Power Le Poer Trench Power Le Poer Trench (1770–1839) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of Ireland as firstly Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, then Bishop of Elphin and finally Archbishop of Tuam. Life He was the second son of William Trench, 1 ...

(1770–1839), the

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who married Anne Taylor. #

William Le Poer Trench Colonel The Hon. William Le Poer Trench CVO, JP (17 June 1837 – 16 September 1920) was an Anglo-Irish politician and British army officer. He was the third son of William Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty and Lady Sarah Juliana Butler. He ...

(1771–1846), a Rear Admiral who married Sarah Cuppage and, after her death, Margaret Downing. #

Charles Le Poer Trench Charles Le Poer Trench was an Anglican archdeacon in Ireland. The son of William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was appointed Vicar general of the Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, Diocese of Clonf ...

(1772–1839), the

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of Ardagh who married Frances Elwood. # Thomas Le Poer Trench (1774–1795), who died unmarried. # Luke Henry Le Poer Trench (1775–1798), who died unmarried. # Louisa Trench (1776–1785), who died young. # Frederick Trench (1778–1800), who died unmarried. # Robert Le Poer Trench (1782–1823), a Colonel who married Letitia Susanna Dillon, a daughter of Robert Dillon, 1st

Baron Clonbrock Baron Clonbrock, of Clonbrock in the County of Galway, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 3 June 1790 for Robert Dillon, who had earlier represented Lanesborough in the Irish House of Commons. His grandson, the third Baro ...

. # Lady Elizabeth Trench (1784–1877), who married John McClintock of Drumcar. # Lady Harriet Trench (1785–1855), who married

Sir Daniel Toler Osborne, 12th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

. # Lady Frances Mary Trench (1787–1843), who married Henry Stanley Monck, 1st Earl of Rathdowne. # Lady Louisa Trench (1789–1852), who died unmarried. # Lady Emily Trench (1790–1816), who married Robert La Touche of Harristown. Lord Clancarty died on 27 April 1805 at Ballinasloe, Ireland. He was succeeded in his titles by his son,

Ancestry

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