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Trench, Richard Power Keating. Adm. Fell.-Com. at ST JOHN'S, June 24, 1785. [2nd, but eldest surv., s. of William Power Keating Trench [later Earl of Clancarty] (and Anne, dau. of Robert Norman, of Co. Meath and sister of Luke, 1st Viscount Mountjoy).] B. May 18, 1767, in Ireland . School, Kimbolton. Matric. Michs. 1785; B.A. 1789; M.A. 1792. Styled Viscount Dunlo, 1803-5. Called to the Irish Bar, 1793. M.P. (Irish Parliament) for Newtown Limavady, 1796-7; for County Galway, 1798-1801 M.P. for Galway (in the first Parliament of the U.K.), 1801 and 1802-5. Colonel, Galway Militia, 1804-14. P.C., 1807. One of the Commissioners for the affairs of India , 1804. Member of the Board of Control, 1804-6. Succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Clancarty, Apr. 27, 1805. M.P. for Rye, Sussex , 1807, but did not sit, having been appointed Joint Postmaster-General in Ireland , 1807-9. Member of the Board of Trade, 1807; President, 1813-18. Master of the Mint, 1812-14. A representative peer for Ireland , 1808-37. Ambassador to the King of the Netherlands, 1813-14. Joint Postmaster-General, 1814. One of the four plenipotentiaries to the Congress of Vienna, 1814. Ambassador to the Hague, 1816-22. G.C.B., 1815. Grand Cross of the Hanoverian Order of the Guelphs, 1821. Created Baron Trench (U.K.) of Garbally, Co. Galway , Aug. 4, 1815. Marquess of Heusden of the Netherlands (created by the King of the Netherlands), 1818. Admiral Commissary for the province of Connacht , 1822. Lord Lieutenant of Galway. Created Viscount Clancarty in the peerage of the U.K., Dec. 8, 1823. Married, Feb. 9, 1796, Henrietta Margaret, dau. of the Rt. Hon. John Staples. Resided latterly in Ireland . Died Nov. 24, 1837, at Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath . Father of William T. Le Poer (1821) and Richard le P. (above). ( St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 522; Burke, P. and B. ( sub Ashtown).) | Richard Power Keating TRENCH Approx. lifespan: 17671837 Fell.-Com. St John's College adm1785:06:24 2nd, but eldest surv., s. of William Powe TRENCH r Keating Trench [later Earl of Clancarty] (and Anne NORMAN dau. of Robert NORMAN of Co. Meath , and sister of Luke, 1st Viscount Mountjoy).] b. Ireland , 1767:05:18 Sch: Kimbolton School Kimbolton, [Huntingdonshire], Matric 1785:10MT: BA 1789 MA 1792 Styled Viscount Dunlo: 1803-05 Called to the Irish Bar 1793 M.P.: (Irish Parliament) for Newtown Limavady, [Co. Londonderry], 1796-97 for Co. Galway , 1798-1801 M.P. for: : Galway, [Co. Galway], (in the first Parliament of the U.K.) 1801, and 1802-5 Colonel: Galway Militia 1804-14 P.C.: 1807 One of the Commissioners for the affairs of India , 1804 Member of: Board of Control 1804-06 Succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Clancarty 1805:04:27 M.P. for: : Rye, Sussex , 1807 but did not sit, having been appointed Joint Postmaster-General Ireland , 1807-09 Member of: Board of Trade 1807 President: 1813-18 Master of: : Mint 1812-14 A representative peer for Ireland , 1808-37 Ambassador to the King of the Netherlands, [Holland], 1813-14 Joint Postmaster-General 1814 One of the four plenipotentiaries to the Congress of Vienna, [Austria], 1814 Ambassador to the Hague, [London], 1816-22 GCB 1815 Grand Cross of the Hanoverian Order of the Guelphs 1821 Created Baron TRENCH (U.K.) of Garbally, Co. Galway , 1815:08:04 Marquess of Heusden of the Netherlands, [Holland], (created by the King of the Netherlands) 1818 Admiral Commissary for: : province of Connacht , 1822 Lord Lieutenant of: Galway, [Co. Galway], Created Viscount Clancarty in the peerage of the U.K. 1823:12:08 m. 1796:02:09 Henrietta Margaret STAPLES dau. of Rt Hon. John STAPLES latterly Ireland , d. Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath , 1837:11:24 father of William T. Le Poer TRENCH (1821) father of Hon. Richard Le Poer TRENCH (1824) ( St John's College Adm. IV. 522; Burke P. and B. ( sub Ashtown).) |