Trench (surname)

Trench is a surname.

The Trench family supposedly originated in County Galway, Ireland as descendants of Frederic de la Tranche, a 16th-century Huguenot immigrant from Normandy, and his wife Margaret Sutton, a possible Northumbrian. ^[1] The peerage titles Baron Ashtown, Baron Kilconnel, Baron Trench, Earl of Clancarty, Marquess of Heusden and Viscount Dunlo have been held by various members.

People bearing the surname Trench

• Brian Trench (born 1945), Irish writer and academic.
• Brinsley Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty (1911–1995), Irish ufologist
• David Clive Crosbie Trench (1915–1988), British army officer, Governor of Hong Kong 1964–1971
• Ernest Crosbie Trench (1869–1960), British civil engineer
• Fiachra Trench (born 1941), Irish musician and composer
• Francis Chenevix Trench (1805–1886), English divine and author
• Frederick Trench (MP for Galway) (1681–1752), Irish politician
• Frederick Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown (1755–1840), Irish politician
• Frederick Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown (1804–1880), Irish peer and magistrate
• Frederick Trench, 3rd Baron Ashtown (1868–1946), Anglo-Irish unionist landowner
• Herbert Trench (1865–1923), Irish poet
• Martin Edward Trench (1869–1927), United States Navy officer, Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands 1925–1927
• Melesina Trench (1768–1827), Irish writer, poet and diarist
• Nicholas Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty (born 1952), Anglo-Irish artist, freelance writer, and translator
• Power Le Poer Trench (1770–1839), Irish Anglican archbishop
• Power Henry Le Poer Trench (1841–1899), British diplomat
• Nigel Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown (1916–2010), British army officer and diplomat
• Richard Trench (politician) (1710–1768), Irish politician
• Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty (1767–1837), Anglo-Irish politician and diplomat
• Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886), Irish Anglican archbishop and poet
• William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty (1741–1805), Irish politician
• William Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty (1803–1872), Irish peer
• William Trench III (1831–1896), Scottish-Canadian blacksmith, fire chief, and carriage builder
• William Le Poer Trench (1837–1920), British army officer and politician

Fictional characters

• Kevin Trench, public identity of the Marvel Comics' character Nightwatch/Nighteater
• Sylvia Trench, "Bond girl" in the first two James Bond films

References

1. Stirnet: Trench01 (subscription required to view without interruption)

See also

• Trench (disambiguation), other uses of the word
• All pages with titles containing Trench , possible including bearers of the surname not listed above