Baron Ashtown, of Moate in the County of Galway

Galway

Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...

, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

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. It was created in 1800 for Frederick Trench, with remainder to the heirs male of his father. Trench had previously represented Portarlington

Portarlington (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Portarlington was a parliamentary borough partly in King's County but mostly in Queen's County...

 from 1798 in the Irish House of Commons

Irish House of Commons

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. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew, the second Baron (the son of Francis Trench) – see Frederick Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown. His grandson, the third Baron (son of Frederic Sydney Charles Trench, eldest son of the second Baron), sat in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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 as an Irish Representative Peer

Representative peer

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 from 1908 to 1915. On the death of his younger son, the fifth Baron, this line of the family failed. The late Baron was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the sixth Baron. He was the grandson of the Hon. William Cosby Trench, younger brother of the third Baron. However, he never married and on his death in 1990 this branch of the family also failed. The title was inherited by his second cousin once removed, the seventh Baron. He was the grandson of Hon. Cosby Godolphin Trench

Cosby Godolphin Trench

Cosby Godolphin Trench DL, JP , styled The Honourable from 1855, was a British soldier and magistrate....

, second son of the second Baron and served as Ambassador to South Korea and to Portugal. , the title is held by the seventh Baron's son, the eighth Baron.

Another member of the Trench family was Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench

David Clive Crosbie Trench

Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench, GCMG, MC, DL 2 June 1915 – 4 December 1988 was a British soldier and colonial governor.-Early life:Trench was educated at Tonbridge School, Tonbridge, Kent and graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge with the degree of Master of Arts .-War service:In 1938, Trench...

, Governor of Hong Kong

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 from 1964 to 1971. He was a descendant of John Trench, younger brother of the first Baron Ashtown.

The seat of the Trench family was Woodlawn House

Woodlawn, County Galway

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, County Galway

County Galway

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Coat of arms

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the barony is: Argent, a lion passant gules, between three fleurs-de-lis azure, on a chief of the last a sun in splendour or.

Barons Ashtown (1800)

• Frederick Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown (1755–1840)
• Frederick Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown (1804–1880)
• Frederick Oliver Trench, 3rd Baron Ashtown (1868–1946)
• Robert Power Trench, 4th Baron Ashtown (1897–1966)
• Dudley Oliver Trench, 5th Baron Ashtown (1901–1979)
• Christopher Oliver Trench, 6th Baron Ashtown (1931–1990)
• Nigel Clive Cosby Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown
  Nigel Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown
  Nigel Clive Cosby Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown, KCMG was a British diplomat.Trench was the son of son of Clive Newcome Trench and Kathleen Maud Marion McIvor. He was educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge...
  
   (1916–2010)
• Roderick Nigel Godolphin Trench, 8th Baron Ashtown (b. 1944)

The heir apparent to the barony is Hon. Timothy Roderick Hamilton Trench (b. 1968).