ASHTowN COMPLETE PEERAGE 281 of Joseph Gatey, of Keswick, Cumberland. She d. s.p.m., lo Apr. 1877. He ;»., 2ndly, 23 Nov. 1880, Jessy Henrietta, 2nd and yst. da. of James Stewart, of Clapham, in the West Riding of co. York. She d. s.p., of apoplexy, at Ryelands, 5, and was bur. there 10 Oct. 1904. He m., 3rdly, 30 July 1909, at Trinity Church, Sloane Str., Florence Maude, widow of Col. J. Lawson Whalley, of Richmond House, Lancaster, da. of the Rev. Robert Daniel, Vicar of Osbaldwick, co. York. Family Estates. — These, in 1883, were under 2,000 acres. Principal Residence. — Ryelands, near Lancaster. ASHTOWN BARONY [1.] I. Frederic Trench, of Woodlawn (formerly called I J. Moate), in Kilconnel, co. Galway, s. and h. of Frederic T., of Moate, afsd., by Mary, ist da. and coh. of Francis Sadleir, of Sopwell Hall, co. Tipperary, b. 17 Sep. 1755, sue. his father 27 Nov. 1797, was M.P. for Maryborough 1785-90, and for Portarlington, 1 798- 1 800, [I.] and 1800 [U.K.] C) when, having been bribed thereby to support the Union with Ireland, to which he had formerly been opposed, he was, on 27 Dec. 1800, cr. BARON ASHTOWN (") of Moate, co. Galway (") [I.], such creation being with a spec. rem. (very unusual in the case of a Commoner when raised to Peerage rank)^) to the heirs male of the body of his father (who were numerous), failing those of his own body, who did not exist. He m., 25 May 1785, Elizabeth, only da. and h. of Robert Robinson, M.D., by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Lyster, of Lyster- field, CO. Roscommon, and niece of Christopher Robinson, a Judge of the King's Bench [I.]. He d. s.p., aged 84, at Bath, i, and was bur. 13 May 1840, at Kilconnel afsd. Will pr. May 1840. His widow d. June 1844, at Dublin, aged 77. Will pr. July 1844. II. 1840. 2. Frederic Mason (Trench), Baron Ashtown [I.], nephew and h., according to the spec. lim. in the patent, (") He was elected by lot for this place in the ist Pari. [U.K.], but his creation as aft Irish peer of course prevented his taking his seat, though he would have been eligible for an English or Scottish constituency, {ex inform. G.D. Burtchaell.) V.G. C") Trench, Lord Ashtown, bears for arms Silver, a lion passant gules between three fleurs-de-lys, with a chief azure charged with a golden sun. [ex inform. Oswald Barron.) V.G. C^) The patent is given in externa in the claim of his successor, to establish his right to the Peerage, July 1855. Sir Jonah Harrington in his Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation is particularly severe on the Grantee — saying that " His change of sides and the majority of one to which it contributed [against Mr. Ponsonby's motion] were probably the remote causes of persevering in an Union. Mr. Trench's venality excited indignation in every friend of Ireland. " Later on a speech of his is quoted in which he says " he had, since the night before, been fully convinced of the advantages of an Union, and would certainly support it. " For a list of the creations and pro- motions in the Irish Peerage at the time of the Union [I.], see vol. ii. Appendix E. C) For a list of spec. rem. granted to commoners, see vol. iii. Appendix F. 37
