Nicholas Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty
The Earl of Clancarty & markies van Heusden | |
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 29 March 1996 – 11 November 1999 as a hereditary peer | |
| Preceded by | The 8th Earl of Clancarty |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Assumed office 1 July 2010 as an elected hereditary peer | |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Colville of Culross |
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| Born | 1 May 1952 |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Alma mater | Westminster School |
Nicholas Le Poer Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty (born 1 May 1952), is an Anglo-Irish peer, as well as a nobleman in the Dutch nobility. Lord Clancarty serves as an elected Crossbench hereditary peer in the British House of Lords. His earldom is in the Peerage of Ireland. He was educated at Westminster School. He also studied at Ashford Grammar School, Plymouth Polytechnic, University of Colorado, Denver, USA, and Sheffield University.
Family[]
Lord Clancarty was born in Uxbridge, on 1 May 1952, the only son of Power Edward Ford Le Poer Trench, second son of the fifth Earl from his second marriage. He is married to the journalist Victoria Lambert and has one daughter with her.
Membership of House of Lords[]
In 1995 he succeeded to the titles on the death of his childless uncle, Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty. He took his seat in the House of Lords at this time as Viscount Clancarty, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, because titles in the Peerage of Ireland did not entitle their holders to sit even before the House of Lords Act 1999 removed the majority of the hereditary peers.
Under the terms of that Act, Clancarty lost his automatic right to a seat; he was unsuccessful in the election by the Crossbench hereditary peers of 28 of their number to continue to sit after the Act came into force, finishing 37th in a field of 79 candidates.[1]
He was an unsuccessful candidate in four by-elections caused by the deaths of sitting hereditary peers, being runner-up on two occasions.[2] In 2010 he returned to the House after winning the by-election to replace the 4th Viscount Colville of Culross.[3]
Besides being a British and an Irish peer, he also belongs to the Dutch nobility as Marquess of Heusden.[4]
Career[]
Clancarty is a self-employed artist and freelance writer and translator.[5]
References[]
- ^ "United Kingdom Election Results - House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Elections". Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ "House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Byelection, March 2003". March 2003. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ "Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-election, June 2010: Result" (PDF). 23 June 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ "Clancarty, 9th Earl of, (Nicholas Power Richard le Poer Trench) (Born 1 May 1952)". Who's Who. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U10944. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
- ^ "Earl of Clancarty: Register of Members' Interests". Retrieved 15 November 2010.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Clancarty
- Official biography at House of Lords
- Nick Trench blog
- Profile at TheyWorkForYou.com
- Twitter page
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