La Historia de los Le Poer Trenches

Ulimamente he encontrado informacion interesante sobre la familia trench . Mi Tatara abuelo emigro a Argentina en 1888 desde Londres . Pueden ver una vieja fotografia de la escuela San andres en argentina del año 1898 . En esta esta mi bis abuelo Charles Edward Trench cuando solo era un niño de 7 años de edad . Mi bis abuelo recibio una carta en 1959 que explica la historia de la familia Trench con un arbol genealogico detallado .

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Barns Close Halberton , Tiverton , Devon 9 November - 1959

Dear Cousin ,

Thank you very much indeed for your letter of 13 August . I have been a long time in answering if ; and thank you for the photo of yosurlef & grand children . I thought that you might like to have an account of some of your ancestors who lived in Ireland ; so I enclose the history of Ballinasloe, as written by a Roman Ctholic priest , a somewhat biased account . There is no doubt from what you say that your name was originally Le Poer Trench , and the members of this branch call themselves "The poar Trenches" . Though this is not now always the case . Those in Australia are very well off, an a daughter of the late Earl of Clancarty died about a year ago leaving 50.000 Lb . The present Earl is certainly rather hard up ; but Greville , his younger brother an heir seems to have all the wants , having heldgood jobs in America . I have known Ernest Crosbie Trench since I was a boy , as he and my Father worked together in the old London & N.Western railway . Ernest celebrated his 90' birthday las August . I saw him last in London in May when he lunched with my wife and myself . Ernest, and myself, is a descendant of the Very Reverend John Trench , Dean of Raphoe ; likewise also the late archbishop Trench. My wife and I hope that same day one of your descendant may wish to visit the old country . I am sure thet all of the Trench family . We have had a long and deligthfully sunny summer and in spike of the diaught our garden has hot fared too badly . We have only just finihed picking apples ,of wich we had a very large crop . I shaved your letters to Greville when he was here to lunch a week ago . He was intensely interested . I hope that this letter will reach you in time for Christmas . As you see for the enclosed shops , I travel about in an electric chair , having a damaged hip wich makes one leg shorter then the other . But it doesn't prevent me from walking about the garden , punning & weeding . And I always read the Lessons in the Church . Best wishes to you and all your numerous family , trusting that you will not designate yourselvers as "The poor Trench " but " Le Poer Trench " Yours very sincerly Benard Frederik Trench

BALLINASLOE , Co Galway (Ireland)

The grouth of the town ( Ballinasloe ) id bund up with the story of the Trench ( La Tranche ) family . Of Hugenot extraction , they reached Ireland , the first to settle being James Trench , who married the daughter of Viscount Montgomery of the Ardes in 1605 & became Rector of Clongell in Co. Meath . Though the purchase of land in Co. Cavan he adquired some wealth , wich he begueathed to his only child , Anne . She married her cousin Frederick , & after the Cromwellian settlement he purchased Garbally from Colonel Carey Dillton . Frederck died in 1669 and his son , aslo Frederick , made further purchases of lands . Father son , & grandson speculated in land at time when it migth be bought for as little as two an six pence per acre , and soon , Frederick Trench found himself in possession of a substantial estate . His brother , John , was a protestant clergyman . Their great opportunity came during the williamite War . John had been acting as a spy, even crossing to England in 1690 in an open boat to report the condition of the Jacobites . It was a stroke of fate that the line of retreat of Aughrim was fought in sight of the hills of Garbally . Frederick Trench , according to the family tradition , threw open his house as hospital to the Williamites , and he and John gave active assistance on the day of the battle , pointing out the pass where the Williamites were enabled to attack the left flank of the Irish Army . For his services John was made Dean of Raphoe . Such lands as were confiscated as a result of that defeat, about 200 acres , were bought by Frederick in 1703 , while for lb 2,336 he bought the forfeited estate of the Jacobite Judge Martin of Galway , lying about Woodlawn and Hilconnell . This latter was to become the patrimony of the Barons Ashtown , descendants of John Trench , Dean of Raphoe . Frederick Trench died in 1704 to be succeeded by his son Frederick , who became successively High Sheriff of Co. Galway , Coronel of a regiment of Dragoons & Knight of the Shire , until his death in 1752 . His son , Richard , had already , since 1734 , sat in Parliament an from 1761 to 1768 . Was a Knight of the Shire for Co. Galway . He Married in 1732 Frances , only daughter of David Power , and by her , the Trench family acquired all the Power states , as wll as the Keating estables , wich she inherited from her mother . The Power alliance was of great consequence to the Trenches , for in addition to the vast increase in wealth , it brought them ancient titles to Norman & Irish nobility . The father of Francis Power was a descendant of the Norman, Sir Geoffrey Le Poer & her mother was descended from the 2nd Earl of Clancarty . On this slender connection the Earldom of Clancarty was regranted to the Trench family at the Union . Richard's son , William Trench , followed somewhat the same career as his father . He was Commandant of the Galway regiment , wich opposed the French landing in Bantry in 1797, Sitting in Parliament until 1797 , he voted first with the whigs , but came over to Pitt about 1791 . In 1797 he was created Baron Hilconnell of Garbally as a reward for his services . His son Richard , a graduate fo Cambridge & a barrister , became M.P. for Co. Galway in 1797 & married with Harriet Staples , a relative of Castlereagh . he voted against the Union in 1799 , but in 1800 he voted for it , influenced , it was said , by Castlereagh . An Earldom was the price paid for this sale of his country's legislative independence . Thus within two hundred years did the family wich began with the humble parson of Clongell , reach the highest ranks of the Peerage . This they archieced through easy acqisition of confiscated lands , judicious marriage alliances , indiference to their countrys Welfare & indeed to some extent by chance . The Cromwellian confiscation gave them their first opportunity . Their adherence to the Williamite cause gained them preferment. Frances Power brougth them wealth , while their alliance with Castlereagh gained them an Earldom . In the 1st half of the 19 century the Trench family , now Earls of Clancarty , were at the summit of their power , both in wealth & influence . Richard became successively Commisioner for the affairs of India , Post master General , Master of the Mint & President of the Board of Trade ; Ambassador to the Hague (1813-23) & a Plenipotentiary to the congress of Vienna in 1814 . His estates were well managed & grants were given for improvements . On the material side the Trench Family were to their tenants all that landlords of their time could possibly be , & the town was a model of cleanliness referred to in a phrase that all seemed wewelcome in Ballinasloe except pigs & paspists . This mantality persisted through the greater part of the century ,but in the end a more liberal actitude prevailed . Notes of the tree family : I have not been able to trace all the cildren of Hon : Charles Le poer Trench , Archadeacon of Ardagh , but I have no doubt that your (Great) GrandFather was a brother of Robert Le Poer Trench . Australia house in London informe me that he had been twice Attorney General in Melbroune , between 1870 and 1880 . I correspond regulary with Marie Le Poer Trench , his Grand-daugther who lives in N.S.Wales . I have full details of the descendants of all of the cildren , grandchildren , etc ... of the Dean of Raphoe , down to the present generation . I could give you all these ; but it takes up a lot of space . I keep them in a Minute Book with a page to each name . And I keep another book for descendants in the female line , wich run to several thousands . I would much like to get a complete list of the descendants of the Archadeacon of Ardagh . He was , I believe , a great character . He was a Lieutenant in the Army , but on conclusion of peace in 1802 entered into Holy Orders , at the age of 30 . He married in 1806 .He may have been married before 1806 . In any case he had 12 sons and 1 daugther and died in 1839 . Personally I think that he was only married cruce . He lived in Balinasloe and at Garbally . He administred his brother Richard's ( 2nd Earl of Clancarty ) Estates , while he was occuped in political appointments in England and Holland . His son Major General Henry Luke Le Poer Trench was in the Bombay Staff Carps & must have gone througth the Indian Muting . He saw very little of his children . The four sons all emigrated at an early age . The two who went to Australia werw looked after by their uncle Robert-Le Poer Trench , Judge in Ballarat : There were also daugthers , whom I have not-included in the tree , for lack of space . I wonder whether your grand father or Great-Grand father , brother of Robert Le Poer Trench also emigrated to Australia . There was no hope of earning a livlihood in Ireland in those days .

Bernard Frederick Trench , 25 dec 1959.

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