Nigel Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown
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Nigel Clive Cosby Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown, KCMG, (born October 27, 1916) is a former British diplomat. He succeeded a cousin as the 7th Baron Ashtown in 1990. He is not to be confused with his distant kinsman, Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench, Governor of Hong Kong (1915-1988).
Trench was educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
A major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps during World War II, after the war Nigel Trench spent thirty years in the Foreign Service of the United Kingdom, eventually serving as Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (1969-1971) and to Portugal (1974-1976). In 1976 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.
The son of Clive Newcombe Trench and Kathleen Maud Marion McIvor, Trench married Marcelle Catherine van Kloetinge in 1939, with whom he had one son, Roderick. His wife died in 1994 and Lord Ashtown then married Dorothea Mary Elizabeth Minchin, former wife of Hans Heinrich XVII, 4th Fürst von Pleß, in 1997.
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Christopher Oliver Trench |
Baron Ashtown | Succeeded by Incumbent |
[edit] References
- Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 123.
