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. 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 Le Poer 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 Le Poer 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
 * Sylvia Trench, fictional "Bond girl" in the first two James Bond films
 * 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