Rear-Admiral The Hon. William Le Poer Trench (4 July 1771 – 14 August 1846) was born in Garbally, Galway, Ireland to William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty and Anne Gardiner. He acted for a considerable period as the agent of the estates of his father's family in Ireland.[1]
He was made a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1793; promoted to the rank of Commander in 1799; to that of Post Captain 1802; and to that of Rear Admiral in 1840.[1]
In 1819 he was appointed Secretary to the Board of Customs and Port Duties in Ireland.[1]
Family edit
He was married twice, first on 8 March 1800 to Sarah Cuppage, daughter of John Loftus Cuppage. Sarah died in June 1834, and on 1 February 1837 William married a second time to Margaret Downing, daughter of Dawson Downing and Anne Boyd.[2]
See also edit
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
References edit
- ^ a b c Urban, Sylvanus, ed. (December 1846). "Obituary for Rear Adm. Hon. W. L. Trench". The Gentleman's Magazine. New Series. XXVI (181). London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son: 646.
- ^ "ThePeerage.com". Retrieved 5 February 2011.