Trench (surname)
Appearance
Trench is a surname.
The Trench family supposedly originated in County Galway, Ireland as descendants of Frederic de la Tranche, a 16th-century Huguenot immigrant from Normandy, and his wife Margaret Sutton, a possible Northumbrian.[1] The peerage titles Baron Ashtown, Baron Kilconnel, Baron Trench, Earl of Clancarty, Marquess of Heusden and Viscount Dunlo have been held by various members.
People bearing the surname Trench
- Brian Trench (born 1945), Irish writer and academic.
- Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty
- David Clive Crosbie Trench, Governor of Hong Kong 1964-1971
- Ernest Crosbie Trench
- Fiachra Trench
- Francis Chenevix Trench (1805–1886), English divine and author.
- Frederick Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown
- Frederick Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown
- Frederick Trench, 3rd Baron Ashtown
- Frederick Trench (MP for Galway)
- Herbert Trench
- Martin Edward Trench
- Melesina Trench
- Nicholas Le Poer Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty
- Power Le Poer Trench (1770–1839), archbishop
- Power Henry Le Poer Trench (1841–1899), British diplomat
- Nigel Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown
- Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty
- Richard Trench (politician)
- Richard Chenevix Trench
- Sylvia Trench
- William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty
- William Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty
- William Trench III
- William Le Poer Trench
References
- ^ Stirnet: Trench01 (subscription required to view without interruption)
See also
- Trench (disambiguation), other uses of the word
- All pages with titles containing Trench, possible including bearers of the surname not listed above