Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Clancarty GCB GCH PC |
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| President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 29 September 1812 – 24 January 1818 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Liverpool |
| Preceded by | The Earl Bathurst |
| Succeeded by | Hon. F. J. Robinson |
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| Born | 19 May 1767 |
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24 November 1837 (aged 70) Kinnegad, County Westmeath |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse(s) | Henrietta Margaret Staples (c. 1770–1847) |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty, 1st Marquess of Heusden GCB GCH PC (19 May 1767 – 24 November 1837), styled The Honourable from 1797 to 1803 and then Viscount Dunlo to 1805, was an Irish peer, a nobleman in the Dutch nobility, and a diplomat. He was an Irish, and later British, Member of Parliament and a supporter of Pitt. Additionally he was appointed Postmaster General of Ireland, and later, of the United Kingdom.
Clancarty was the son of William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty and Anne, daughter of Charles Gardiner and his seat was Garbally Court in Ballinasloe, East County Galway where he was associated with the Great October Fair. His brother was Power Le Poer Trench (1770–1839), archbishop of Tuam. He was educated at Kimbolton School and St John's College, Cambridge.
Trench represented Newtown Limavady in the Irish House of Commons from 1796 to 1798. He sat further for Galway County from 1798 to a short time before the Act of Union, when he was replaced by "Humanity Dick" Martin.
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