Protestant Exiles from France/Book First - Chapter 12 - Section IV
IV. Prebendary Le Poer Trench.
The next younger brother of the Archbishop of Tuam was Rear-Admiral William Le Poer Trench (“born” 1771, “died” 1846). He was twice married, and was represented at the time of his death by three sons: — (1) William (of whom afterwards); (2) Rev. John Le Poer Trench (“born” 1802, “died” 1866), represented in the Army and Navy; and (3) Frederick Netterville Le Poer Trench.
Returning to William, we memorialise him as Rev. William Le Poer Trench, D.D., born 2d February 1801. He was chaplain to his uncle, the Archbishop, who gave him the rectory of Killereran in 1825. He afterwards is called Rector of Moylough. He was well known as a Prebendary of Tuam. Of him the Rev. Dr. Sirr says, “He was the intimate and admired friend of all the clergy, who were wont to meet from month to month at the palace. He was a careful and diligent student of the Scriptures — an active and zealous clergyman — one who entered with constitutional warmth into the prosecution of every good work and labour of love, . . . . . . was known to every diocese in Ireland as the originator and joint-secretary of the Church Education Society.” That Society was founded in 1838; it grew out of the Education Society of the Diocese of Tuam. The Prebendary died in 1868.