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 the profession of the same holy truths which caused him to endure suffering, and having met at every step of their course with distinguishing proofs of the providential favour of God, were finally elevated in two distinct branches to the highest rank amongst the noblest in the land of their adoption.”

In 1576 the refugee seigneur married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Sutton, Esq. His eldest son’s name is not recorded. The second son, the Rev. James La Tranche, removed the scene of action to Ireland. He obtained the ecclesiastical benefice of Clongall, acquired estates in County Cavan, and married Margaret, daughter of Hugh, Viscount Montgomery of Ards. The refugee’s youngest son, Adam Thomas La Tranche, probably resided in England, as he married Catherine, daughter of Richard Brooke, Esq., of Pontefract. His son Thomas was the male heir of the family, and married his cousin Anne, the only child and sole heiress of the Rev. James La Tranche. Thomas and Anne settled at Garbally in County Galway, and left two sons, Frederic (who died in 1669) and John.

(1.) The grandson and representative of Frederic was Richard Trench, Esq., of Garbally, who was a member of the Parliament of Ireland in 1761, representing County Galway. His wife, Miss Frances Power, was the heiress of the wealthy families of Power and Keating; she also represented the Barons of Le Poer. The heir of Richard was William Power Keating Trench, Esq., who represented the county of Galway in the Irish Parliament from 1768 to 1797. In the latter year he was transferred to the Upper House as Baron Kilconnel of Garbally; and was further promoted in the Peerage of Ireland, on 3rd January 1801, as Viscount Dunlo, and Earl of Clancarty, in the county of Cork. The Earl died on 27th April 1805.

(2.) The second line of the refugee family of La Tranche begins with the Very Rev. John Trench, Dean of Raphoe, younger son of Thomas and Anne La Tranche. The Dean married Anne, daughter of Richard Warburton, Esq., and dying in 1725 was succeeded by his eldest son, Frederic (who died in 1758), of Moate, County Galway. He was succeeded by his son, Frederic (born 1720, died 1797), of Moate and Wood lawn, who by his wife Catherine, daughter of Francis Sadleir, Esq., of Sopwell Hall, had seven sons and five daughters. His eldest son, Frederic Trench, of Woodlawn (born in 1757), represented Portarlington in the Irish Parliament, and on 27th December 1800 was created Baron Ashtown in the Peerage of Ireland, the patent being in favour of himself and his late father’s heirs-male.