Frederick Trench (MP for Galway)
Frederick Richard Trench (1681 – 3 October 1752)[1] was an Irish politician.
He was the eldest son of Frederick Trench and his wife Elizabeth Warburton, daughter of Richard Warburton, a Member of Parliament for Ballyshannon.[2] Trench was appointed High Sheriff of County Galway in 1703[3] and colonel of the Galway Militia.[2] He sat for County Galway in the Irish House of Commons from 1715 until his death in 1752.[4]
On 7 September 1703, he married Elizabeth Eyre, daughter of John Eyre.[2] They had ten children, four sons and six daughters.[2] His second son Richard represented the same constituency and was ancestor of the Earls of Clancarty.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800. Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 128. ISBN 1-903688-60-4.
- ^ a b c d "ThePeerage - Frederick Richard Trench". Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ Mick Drumm; John Tierney (June 2009). "Archaeological Excavation Report, E2447 - Coololla, Co. Galway" (PDF). Eachtra Journal (2): 4. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 727.