Frederick Trench (MP for Galway) explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary . MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 . 1-903688-60-4 . Ulster Historical Foundation . 2006 . 128 .
2. Web site: ThePeerage - Frederick Richard Trench . 3 April 2009 .
3. Mick Drumm . John Tierney . Archaeological Excavation Report, E2447 - Coololla, Co. Galway . 4 . June 2009 . 23 December 2009 . 2 . Eachtra Journal .
4. Web site: Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800 . 4 April 2009 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm . 1 June 2009 .
5. Book: Debrett, John . G. Woodfall . 17th . Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . II . 1828 . London . 727 .