Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty
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| The Right Honourable The Earl of Clancarty GCB, GCH, PC |
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| In office 29 September 1812 – 24 January 1818 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Liverpool |
| Preceded by | The Earl Bathurst |
| Succeeded by | Hon. Frederick John Robinson |
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| Born | 19 May 1767 |
| Died | 24 November 1837 Kinnegad, County Westmeath |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse(s) | Henrietta Staples (c. 1770-1847) |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty, 1st Marquess of Heusden GCB, GCH, PC (19 May 1767 – 24 November 1837), styled The Honourable from 1797 to 1803 and then Viscount Dunlo to 1805, was an Irish peer, a nobleman in the Dutch nobility, and a diplomat. He was an Irish, and later British, Member of Parliament and a supporter of Pitt.
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[edit] Background and education
Clancarty was the son of William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty and Anne, daughter of Charles Gardiner. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.[1]
[edit] Political career
Trench represented Newtown Limavady in the Irish House of Commons from 1796 to 1798. He sat further for Galway County from 1797 to the Act of Union in 1801. He was credited with resolving various border disputes in Holland, Germany and Italy at the Congress of Vienna, 1814–1815, and in his role as Ambassador to the Netherlands. For his service as ambassador to The Hague, he was awarded the hereditary title of Marquess van Heusden (1815) in the peerage of The Netherlands. In order to sit in the House of Lords he was Baron Trench (created 4 August 1815) and Viscount Clancarty (created 8 December 1823), in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, his older peerages being Irish peerages. He was a Commissioner for the Affairs of India. His seat was Garbally Court in Ballinasloe, County Galway.
[edit] Family
On 6 February 1796 he married Henrietta Margaret Staples, daughter of John Staples and Ann Conolly. They had the following children:
- Lady Lucy Le Poer Trench (d. 1839) married Robert Maxwell
- Lady Louisa Augusta Anne Le Poer Trench (23 December 1796 – 7 February 1881) married Reverend William Le Poer Trench
- Lady Harriete Margaret Le Poer Trench 13 October 1799 – 1885) married Thomas Kavanagh, The MacMorrough
- Lady Emily Florinda Le Poer Trench (born on 7 November 1800) married Giovanni Cossiria
- Lady Frances Power Le Poer Trench (22 January 1802 – 28 December 1804)
- William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty (21 September 1803 – 26 April 1872) married Lady Sarah Juliana Butler
- Richard John Le Poer Trench (b. 1805)
- Commander Frederick Robert Le Poer Trench (23 July 1808 – April 1867) married Catherine Maria Thompson
Lord Clancarty died at Kinnegad, County Westmeath, in November 1837, aged 70, and was succeeded by his eldest son, William. Lady Clancarty died in December 1847.
[edit] References
- ^ Trench, Richard Power Keating in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
- Urban, Sylvanus. "The Earl of Clancarty." The Gentleman's Magazine. Obituary Vol. IX, January to June, London: William Pickering; John Bowyer Nickols and Son, 1838. (pp. 93-94) googlebooks Retrieved October 17, 2008
- thepeerage.com Accessed March 9, 2008
- Lodge, Edmund. The Peerage of the British Empire As at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, by Edmund Lodge, to Which Is Added a View of the Baronetage of the Three Kingdoms. London: Saunders and Otley, 1834. (p. 96) googlebooks Accessed March 9, 2008
- www.thepeerage.com
