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

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), and Anne Power Trench (wife of Charles Cobbe, MP, son of Thomas Cobbe and grandson of Charles Cobbe,

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

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and

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in the

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

Career

William was a Member of Parliament in the

, and supported the Whigs. He represented

from 1768 until 1797 and served as High Sheriff of County Kilkenny in 1777. He was advanced to the

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as Baron Kilconnel (created 25November 1797), and to the position of Viscount Dunlo (created 3January 1801) as a reward for his continuing support of the Whig Party. On 12February 1803 he became

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. 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

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. 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. The Trench family seat was at Garbally 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., so she was the grandmother of

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who married

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# Lady Florinda Trench (1766–1851), who married William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine. # Francis Trench (1767–1805), who died unmarried. # Charles Trench (1767–1770), who died young. # Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty (1767–1837), who married Henrietta Margaret Staples. # Power Le Poer Trench (1770–1839), the

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who married Anne Taylor. # William Le Poer Trench (1771–1846), a Rear Admiral who married Sarah Cuppage and, after her death, Margaret Downing. # Charles Le Poer Trench (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. # Lady Elizabeth Trench (1784–1877), who married John McClintock of Drumcar. # Lady Harriet Trench (1785–1855), who married Sir Daniel Toler Osborne, 12th Baronet. # 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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