Frederick Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown DL (25 December 1804 – 12 September 1880) was an Irish peer and magistrate.

Early life

He was son of Francis Trench and his wife Mary Mason, second daughter of Henry Mason, and nephew to

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 ...

Career

While his claim to his uncle's title was admitted only in 1855, he actually succeeded per special remainder on the latter's death in 1840. Trench was educated at the

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. He was appointed High Sheriff of County Galway for 1840 and represented the county as Deputy Lieutenant.

Personal life

On 29 August 1831, he married firstly Harriet Georgiana Cosby, youngest daughter of Thomas Cosby, of Stradbally Hall and his wife Charlotte Elizabeth Kelly (daughter of Rt. Hon. Thomas Kelly, Second Justice of the Common Pleas of Ireland). Together, they were the parents of two daughters and three sons, including: * Hon. Charlotte Elizabeth Trench (1832–1854), who died unmarried. * Hon. Frederick Sydney Charles Trench (1839–1879), who married Lady Anne Le Poer Trench, eldest daughter of William Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty and Lady Sarah Juliana Butler (eldest daughter of

Somerset Butler, 3rd Earl of Carrick Somerset Richard Butler, 3rd Earl of Carrick (28 September 1779 – 4 February 1838) was the son of Henry Thomas Butler, 2nd Earl of Carrick and Sarah Taylor. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl of Carrick and 10th Viscount Ikerrin upon his ...

), in 1867. * Hon.

Cosby Godolphin Trench Cosby Godolphin Trench DL, JP (6 January 1844 – 9 December 1925), styled "the Honourable" from 1855, was a British soldier and magistrate. Early life Trench was the second son of Frederick Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown and his first wife Ha ...

(1844–1925), who married Maria Musgrave, eldest daughter of

Sir Richard Musgrave, 4th 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 "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of ...

of Tourin and Frances Mary Yates (a daughter of

John Ashton Yates John Ashton Yates (21 June 1781 – 1 November 1863) was a British Whig politician and railroad investor. Early life He was a son of Elizabeth (née Ashton) Bostock Yates and John Yates, a prominent Unitarian minister who served at Kaye Stre ...

MP for

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), in 1873. * Hon. Harriette Mary Trench (d. 1884), who married, as his first wife, Maj. Hon. Frederick Le Poer Trench (1835-1913), second son of the 3rd Earl of Clancarty, in 1883. Frederick was the older brother of her brother's wife Lady Anne. After his first wife's death on 25 February 1845, he married Elizabeth Oliver Gascoigne in

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on 10 February 1852. She was the second daughter of

Richard Oliver Gascoigne Richard Philip Oliver (1763 – 14 April 1843), later known as Richard Oliver Gascoigne, was an Irish landowner at Castle Oliver in County Limerick and Parlington Hall in Yorkshire. Early life He was the eldest surviving son of Isabella Sarah (n ...

, of

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and Mary Turner (daughter of Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet, of

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). He lived much of the year at

Castle Oliver Castle Oliver (also ''Clonodfoy'') is a Victorian castle-style country house in the southern part of County Limerick, Ireland. Built for entertaining rather than for defense, it has a ballroom, drawing room, library, morning room, dining room a ...

, which was built in 1845 by his second wife and her sister Isabella. Trench died, aged 75, at

Clonodfoy Castle Oliver (also ''Clonodfoy'') is a Victorian castle-style country house in the southern part of County Limerick, Ireland. Built for entertaining rather than for defense, it has a ballroom, drawing room, library, morning room, dining room an ...

(otherwise known as Castle Oliver) and was buried at the family's mausoleum at

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, a week later. His older son Frederick having predeceased him in 1879, he was succeeded in the barony by his grandson

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. His second surviving son Cosby, who inherited Castle Oliver, was a soldier and magistrate.

References

External links

Castle Oliver, Official Website
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