Earl of Clancarty
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Muskerry
Muskerry is a central region of County Cork, Ireland which incorporates the baronies of Muskerry West and Muskerry East. It is located along the vallley of the River Lee and is bounded by the Boggeragh Mountains to the north and the Shehy Mountains to the south. The region is named after the...
and of Galway, is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of Ireland
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First creation: MacCarty family of Muskerry
It was created for the first time in 1658 in favour of Donough MacCarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry, of the MacCarthy of MuskerryMacCarthy of Muskerry
The MacCarthy dynasty of Muskerry is a branch of the great MacCarthy Mor dynasty, the Kings of Desmond. Their branch descends from Dermod Mor MacCarthy, 1st Lord of Muscry , second son of Cormac MacCarthy Mor , King of Desmond....
dynasty. He had earlier represented County Cork
Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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in the Irish House of Commons
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. Lord Clancarty had already been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in circa 1638, before he succeeded in the viscount
Viscount
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cy. The title of Viscount Muskerry had been created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1628 for his father Charles MacCarty. The first Earl was succeeded by his grandson, the second Earl. He was the son of Charles MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry, who was killed during the Second Anglo-Dutch War
Second Anglo-Dutch War
The Second Anglo–Dutch War was part of a series of four Anglo–Dutch Wars fought between the English and the Dutch in the 17th and 18th centuries for control over the seas and trade routes....
. Lord Clancarty died as an infant and was succeeded by his uncle, the third Earl. On his death the titles passed to his son, the fourth Earl. He was a supporter of King James II
James II of England
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and was attainted in 1691, with his titles forfeited. His son and heir apparent Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry, served as Governor of Newfoundland but was excepted from the Indemnity Act of 1747 which pardoned Jacobites
Jacobitism
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Second creation: Trench family of Ballinasloe
The title was created for a second time in 1803 in favour of William Trench, 1st Viscount DunloWilliam Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty
William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty was an Irish aristocrat and politician and later United Kingdom statesman at the time of the Act of Union...
. He had previously represented County Galway
Galway County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Galway County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Galway County was represented with two members. Following the Act of Union 1800 the constituency became Galway County .-Members of...
in the Irish Parliament and had already been created Baron Kilconnel, of Garbally in the County of Galway, in 1797, and Viscount Dunlo, of Dunlo and Ballinasloe in the Counties of Galway
Galway
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and Roscommon
Roscommon
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, in 1801. These titles were in the Peerage of Ireland. Trench was a descendant of a daughter of the first Viscount Muskerry, hence his choice of title when elevated to Earl of Clancarty in 1803.
Lord Clancarty had nineteen children and was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He was a prominent politician and diplomat. Lord Clancarty notably served as President of the Board of Trade and as Ambassador to The Netherlands and sat in the House of Lords
House of Lords
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as an Irish Representative Peer
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from 1808 to 1837. In 1815 he was created Baron Trench, of Garbally in the County of Galway, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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, and in 1823 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Clancarty, of the County of Cork, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. On 8 July 1815 he was entered into the Netherlands Nobility by William I of the Netherlands
William I of the Netherlands
William I Frederick, born Willem Frederik Prins van Oranje-Nassau , was a Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg....
and granted by Royal Decree the title Marquess of Heusden
Marquess of Heusden
Marquess of Heusden is a high ranking Dutch title of nobility retained by the Earl of Clancarty.Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty was credited with resolving various border disputes in Holland, Germany and Italy at the Congress of Vienna and in his role as Ambassador to the Netherlands...
(Dutch
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: Markies van Heusden).
Lord Clancarty's great-grandson, the fifth Earl, is notable for marrying an English music-hall singer Belle Bilton (1867–1906) in July 1889 against the opposition of his father who sold off much of the estate in retaliation. The fifth Earl's eldest son, the sixth Earl, died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the seventh Earl (the fourth son of the first marriage of the fifth Earl). He died childless and was succeeded by his half-brother, the eighth Earl. He was a ufologist
Ufology
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. He died childless and was succeeded by his nephew, the ninth Earl and present holder of the titles. He is the only son of the Hon. Power Edward Ford Le Poer Trench, second son of the fifth Earl from his second marriage. The Earls of Clancarty sat in the House of Lords as Viscount Clancarty until the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999
House of Lords Act 1999
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and was re-elected as a Cross-Bench Peer on 23 June 2010.
Notable relatives of the second creation
Several other members of the Trench family have gained distinction. Eyre Trench, brother of the first Earl, was a Lieutenant-General in the Army. The Most Reverend the Hon. Power Trench, third son of the first Earl, was Archbishop of Tuam. The Hon. William Le Poer Trench, fourth son of the first Earl, was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal NavyRoyal Navy
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. The Venerable the Hon. Charles Le Poer Trench, fifth son of the first Earl, was Archdeacon
Archdeacon
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of Ardagh
Ardagh, County Longford
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. His son Henry Luke Trench was a Major-General in the Bengal Staff Corps. The Hon. Sir Robert Le Poer Trench, ninth son of the first Earl, was a Colonel
Colonel
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in the Army and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Order of the Bath
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. The Hon. William Le Poer Trench
William Le Poer Trench
Colonel The Hon. William Le Poer Trench CVO, JP was an Anglo-Irish politician and British army officer.He was the son of William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty and Lady Sarah Juliana Butler....
, third son of the third Earl, was a Colonel in the Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers
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and briefly represented County Galway in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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The seat of the Trench
Trench
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family was until 1922 Garbally Court
Garbally College
Garbally College is a Catholic, boys-only, secondary school based in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. It is officially known as St Joseph's College .-History:...
, Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland
Ireland
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. It is now used as a school.
The Trench family claims French Huguenot
Huguenot
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descent, although a Scottish origin is possible. The Barons Ashtown
Baron Ashtown
Baron Ashtown, of Moate in the County of Galway, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Frederick Trench, with remainder to the heirs male of his father. Trench had previously represented Portarlington from 1798 in the Irish House of Commons...
are members of another branch of the family. William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty
William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty
William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty was an Irish aristocrat and politician and later United Kingdom statesman at the time of the Act of Union...
, was the great-grandson of Frederick Trench, whose brother the Very Reverend John Trench was the great-grandfather of Frederick Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown.
Viscounts Muskerry (1628)
- Charles MacCarty, 1st Viscount Muskerry (d. 1640)
- Donough MacCarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry (1594–1665) (created Earl of Clancarty in 1658)
Earls of Clancarty, first creation (1658)
- Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty (1594–1665)
- Charles MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry (d. 1665)
- Charles MacCarty, 2nd Earl of Clancarty (d. 1666)
- Callaghan MacCarty, 3rd Earl of Clancarty (d. 1676)
- Donough MacCarty, 4th Earl of ClancartyDonough MacCarty, 4th Earl of ClancartyDonough [Donagh] MacCarthy, 4th Earl of Clancarty was an Irish supporter of James II, banished after the victory of William of Orange; His peerage was attained in 1691. MacCarthy lived out his life in exile in Germany and on the Elmersmastede in Hoogkerk, Netherlands...
(1668–1734) (forfeit 1691)- Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry (1686–1769)
Earls of Clancarty, second creation (1803)
- William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of ClancartyWilliam Trench, 1st Earl of ClancartyWilliam Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty was an Irish aristocrat and politician and later United Kingdom statesman at the time of the Act of Union...
(1741–1805) - Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty (1767–1837) (created Marquess of Heusden in the Netherlands Nobility on 8 July 1815)
- William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3rd Earl of ClancartyWilliam Trench, 3rd Earl of ClancartyWilliam Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty, 2nd Marquess of Heusden was an Irish peer, as well as a nobleman in the Dutch nobility. He was born in Castleton, County Kildare, Ireland to Sir Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty and Henrietta Margaret Staples. On 8 September 1832,...
(1803–1872) - Richard Somerset Le Poer Trench, 4th Earl of ClancartyRichard Trench, 4th Earl of ClancartyRichard Somerset Le Poer Trench, 4th Earl of Clancarty was an Irish peer. He was born in Dublin, Ireland to William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty and Lady Sarah Juliana Butler. On 29 November 1866 he married Lady Adeliza Georgiana Hervey, daughter of Frederick William Hervey, 2nd...
(1834–1891) - William Frederick Le Poer Trench, 5th Earl of Clancarty (1868–1929)
- Richard Frederick John Donough Le Poer Trench, 6th Earl of Clancarty (1891–1971)
- Greville Sydney Rocheforte Le Poer Trench, 7th Earl of Clancarty (1902–1975)
- William Francis Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of ClancartyBrinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of ClancartyWilliam Francis Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, 7th Marquess of Heusden was a prominent ufologist. He was an Irish peer, as well a nobleman in the Dutch nobility.-Biography:...
(1911–1995) - Nicholas Power Richard Le Poer Trench, 9th Earl of ClancartyNicholas Le Poer Trench, 9th Earl of ClancartyNicholas Le Poer Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty, 8th Marquess of Heusden is an Irish peer, as well a nobleman in the Dutch nobility. He serves as an elected Crossbench member of the British House of Lords....
(b. 1952)
Line of succession to the Earldom
- John Frederick Trench (b. 1910), a great-grandson of Charles Le Poer Trench, the 4th son of the 1st Earl of Clancarty
- Frederick Augustus Trench (b. 1921), a great-grandson of Charles Le Poer Trench, the 4th son of the 1st Earl of Clancarty
External links
- http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Blarney+Castle,&sll=51.928601,-8.570548&sspn=0.002719,0.006899&ie=UTF8&radius=0.15&rq=1&ev=zi&hq=Blarney+Castle,&hnear=&ll=51.928601,-8.570548&spn=0.002719,0.006899&t=h&z=17&lci=org.wikipedia.enLocation of the medieval stronghold of Blarney Castle, County Cork, seat of the MacCarthy clan, once the kings of Munster and later the viscounts Muskerry and earls of Clancarty (first creation)]
- http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Garbally,+Ballinasloe,+County+Galway,+Republic+of+Ireland.&sll=53.277429,-9.052262&sspn=0.009802,0.027595&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Garbally,+County+Galway,+Republic+of+Ireland&ll=53.325798,-8.240175&spn=0.020864,0.055189&t=h&z=14Location of Garbally House, in Ballinasloe Town, County of Galway, Ireland situated on the River Suck and seat of the Trench family, later the barons Kilconnel, earls of Clancarty (second creation) and marquesses of Heusden]
- History of the Trench family