Cosby Godolphin Trench DL, JP (6 January 1844 – 9 December 1925), styled The Honourable from 1855, was a British soldier and magistrate.

Early life

He was the second son of

Frederick Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown Frederick Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown DL (25 December 1804 – 12 September 1880) was an Irish peer and magistrate. Early life He was son of Francis Trench and his wife Mary Mason, second daughter of Henry Mason, and nephew to Frederic ...

and his first wife Harriet Georgiana Cosby, youngest daughter of Thomas Cosby. His elder brother, Frederick Sydney Charles Trench, was married to Lady Anne Le Poer Trench, and his sister, Harriette Mary Trench, was married to Hon. Frederick Le Poer Trench, both children of William Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty and Lady Sarah Juliana Butler (eldest daughter of

Somerset Butler, 3rd Earl of Carrick Somerset Richard Butler, 3rd Earl of Carrick (28 September 1779 – 4 February 1838) was the son of Henry Thomas Butler, 2nd Earl of Carrick and Sarah Taylor. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl of Carrick and 10th Viscount Ikerrin upon his ...

). After his mother's death in 1845, his father married Elizabeth Oliver Gascoigne (the second daughter of

Richard Oliver Gascoigne Richard Philip Oliver (1763 – 14 April 1843), later known as Richard Oliver Gascoigne, was an Irish landowner at Castle Oliver in County Limerick and Parlington Hall in Yorkshire. Early life He was the eldest surviving son of Isabella Sarah (n ...

, of

Parlington Hall Parlington Hall was the seat of the Gascoigne family, Aberford near Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. The Parlington estate contains a number of features: the grade II* listed Triumphal Arch, designed by Thomas Leverton and built around the end ...

and Mary Turner, a daughter of Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet, of

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). They spent much of the year at Castle Oliver. Trench was educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

and then at

Corpus Christi College, Oxford Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1517, it is the 12th ...

Career

He entered the British Army as cornet in the

1st Dragoons The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) was a heavy cavalry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed in 1661 as the Tangier Horse. It served for three centuries and was in action during the First and the Second World Wars. It was amalgama ...

in 1863, was promoted to captain in 1871 and retired five years later. In 1886, he was appointed

High Sheriff of Tipperary The High Sheriff of Tipperary was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Tipperary. Initially an office for a lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Beside ...

. He was

Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

for

County Waterford County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...

as well as

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

and represented the latter also as Deputy Lieutenant.

Personal life

On 19 June 1873, he married Maria Musgrave, the eldest daughter of Sir Richard Musgrave, 4th Baronet of Tourin and Frances Mary Yates (a daughter of

John Ashton Yates John Ashton Yates (21 June 1781 – 1 November 1863) was a British Whig politician and railroad investor. Early life He was a son of Elizabeth (née Ashton) Bostock Yates and John Yates, a prominent Unitarian minister who served at Kaye Stre ...

MP for

County Carlow County Carlow ( ; ga, Contae Cheatharlach) is a county located in the South-East Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Carlow is the second smallest and the third least populous of Ireland's 32 traditional counties. Carlow Cou ...

). Together, they were the parents of four sons: * Charles Sadleir Musgrave Trench (1874–1958), a Capt. who married Helen Cowley Brown (d. 1937), fifth daughter of Robert Lidwill Brown of Clonboy, in 1914. * Edward Cosby Trench (1881–1961), who married Evelyn de Courcy Daniell (d. 1965), eldest daughter of Col. de Courcy Daniell, in 1910. * Clive Newcombe Trench (1884–1964), who married Kathleen Maud Marion MacIvor (d. 1979), second daughter of Maj. Ivar MacIvor, in 1910. * Hubert Roland Trench (1887–1911), who died unmarried. Trench died on 9 December 1925. His widow died on 4 November 1938.

Descendants

Through his eldest son, he was a grandfather of Cosby Patrick Musgrave Trench (1915–1983), who married Julia Violetta May Whiting (widow of Frank Louis Whiting and daughter of Frank Porch), in 1956. Through his third son Clive, he was a grandfather Nigel Clive Cosby Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown, who inherited Cosby's father's barony in 1990 from his first cousin once removed. Lord Ashtowon married Marcelle Cathrine van Kloetinge (d. 1994), the youngest daughter of Johan Jacob Clotterbooke Patyn van Kloetinge, of

Zeist Zeist () is the capital and largest town of the municipality of Zeist. The town is located in the Utrecht province of the Netherlands, east of the city of Utrecht. History The town of "Seist" was first mentioned in a charter in the year 83 ...

The Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

, in 1939. They were the parents of Roderick Nigel Godolphin Trench, 8th Baron Ashtown. After his wife's death in 1994, the 7th Baron married Dorothea Mary Elizabeth (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Minchin) von Pless (the former wife of Hans Heinrich XVII Wilhelm Albert Eduard, 4th Prince of Pless and a daughter of Lt.-Col. Richard George Edward Minchin), in 1997. He was also a grandfather of Hon. Lois Eileen Trench, the wife of Capt. Charles Algernon Mackintosh-Walker (eldest son of Thomas Charles Bruce Mackintosh-Walker of Geddes House), in 1937.

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