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Baron Ashtown, of Moate in the County of Galway, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Frederick Trench, with remainder to the heirs male of his father. Trench had previously represented Maryborough and Portarlington in the Irish House of Commons. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew, the second Baron (the son of Francis Trench). His grandson, the third Baron (son of Frederic Sydney Charles Trench, eldest son of the second Baron), sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1908 to 1915.

On the death of his younger son, the fifth Baron, this line of the family failed. The late Baron was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the sixth Baron. He was the grandson of the Hon. William Cosby Trench, younger brother of the third Baron. However, he never married and on his death in 1990 this branch of the family also failed. The title was inherited by his second cousin once removed, the seventh and (as of 2007) present holder of the title. He is the grandson of Hon. Cosby Godolphin Trench, second son of the third Baron. Lord Ashtown is a retired diplomat and has notably served as Ambassador to South Korea and to Portugal.

Another member of the Trench family was Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench, Governor of Hong Kong from 1964 to 1971. He was a descendant of John Trench, younger brother of the first Baron Ashtown.

• Frederic Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown (1755-1840)
• Frederic Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown (1804-1880)
• Frederic Oliver Trench, 3rd Baron Ashtown (1868-1946)
• Robert Power Trench, 4th Baron Ashtown (1897-1966)
• Dudley Oliver Trench, 5th Baron Ashtown (1901-1979)
• Christopher Oliver Trench, 6th Baron Ashtown (1931-1990)
• Nigel Clive Cosby Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown (b. 1916)

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• www.thepeerage.com