William Le Poer Trench (Royal Navy officer)
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 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.[1] He acted for a considerable period as the agent of the estates of his father's family in Ireland.[2]
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.[2]
In 1819 he was appointed Secretary to the Board of Customs and Port Duties in Ireland.[2]
See also
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). " Trench, William Le Poer". A Naval Biographical Dictionary. John Murray. Wikisource.
References
- ↑ "ThePeerage.com". Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- 1 2 3 Urban, Sylvanus, ed. (December 1846). "Obituary for Rear Adm. Hon. W. L. Trench". The Gentleman's Magazine. New Series (London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son) XXVI (181): 646. Retrieved 10 October 2008.