Cosby Godolphin Trench
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Cosby Godolphin Trench | |
|---|---|
| High Sheriff of Tipperary | |
| In office 1886–1886 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Moore |
| Succeeded by | John Vivian Ryan-Lenigan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1844 |
| Died | 9 December 1925 (aged 81) |
| Spouse |
Maria Musgrave (m. 1873) |
| Relations | Nigel Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown (grandson) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Frederick Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown Harriet Georgiana Cosby |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
Cosby Godolphin Trench DL, JP (6 January 1844 – 9 December 1925),[1] styled "the Honourable" from 1855, was a British soldier and magistrate.
Trench was the second son of Frederick Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown and his first wife Harriet Georgiana Cosby, youngest daughter of Thomas Cosby.[2] 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).[3] After his mother's death in 1845, his father married Elizabeth Oliver Gascoigne (the second daughter of Richard Oliver Gascoigne, of Parlington Hall and Mary Turner, a daughter of Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet, of Kirkleatham).[4] They spent much of the year at Castle Oliver.[5]
Trench was educated at Eton College and then at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[6]
Career
He entered the British Army as cornet in the 1st Dragoons in 1863, was promoted to captain in 1871 and retired five years later.[7]
In 1886, he was appointed High Sheriff of Tipperary.[6] He was Justice of the Peace for County Waterford as well as County Tipperary and represented the latter also as Deputy Lieutenant.[6]