Background
He was the son of William Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty and Lady Sarah Juliana Butler.
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William Poer Trench
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Colonel The Honorary He fought in the Second Opium War between 1857 and 1858, commanding a ladder company at the capture of Guangzhou and Nankow, and was mentioned in despatches. He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the Royal Engineers. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Westminster, London, Buckinghamshire, and Middlesex.
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Membership
20th United Kingdom Parliament]
Between 1872 and 1874, he was Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for County Galway, having unseated the elected Member of Parliament, John Philip Nolan, on petition. The case was one of the most controversial Irish cases of its time and permanently damaged the reputation of the judge, William Keogh.
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Born
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September 16, 1920 (aged 83) -
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Irish