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16(3 ASHTOWN — ASKE. ASHTOWN of Muate, co. Qalw»y(») [I.], such creation bring with n spec, rem. fv«j unusual in the case uf ;i Commoner when raised to Peerage rank) to the heirs male of the body of his father (which were numerous) failing those of his own body which did not exist. Ho hi. 25 May 17S5, Elizabeth, only da. and h. of Robert KoniNSON, M.D., piece of Charles Robinson, a Judge of the King's fieneh [!.] He it s.p. 1 May 1S40, aged 84, at Bath, and was bur. 18 at Kilconnel afsd. His widow d. June 1S44 at Dublin, aged 77. II. 1810. ~. Frederic Mabon (Trench), Baron Ashtows [I.], nephew and h., according to the tj>cc. lim. in the patent, being 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. of Francis Trench of Sopwoll Hall, afsd. (by Mary,( h ) 2nd da. and coheir of James Mason of .Shrewsbury), which Francis was next far. to the first LordAshtown [I.], but d. before him Nov. 1829, aged 72. He was It. 28 Dec. I SO I and was J.P. and D.L. for BO. Galway. Claim to Peerage allowed 12 July 1856. He m. firstly 29 Aug. 1831, Harriet Georgians, yst. da. of Thomas Cosby of Stradballv Hall. Queens county, by Charlotte Eliz.-oVth, da. of lit. Hon. Th"in;is Kki.lt, Lord Oh. Justice of the Common Fleas .] She d. 25 Feb. 1845. Hem. secondly, 10 Feb. 1S52. Elizabeth, 2nd da. and coheir of Kichard OUVKII Gasi'Monk of Castle Oliver, co. Limerick and of Partington, CO. York, by Mary, da. of Sir Charles Tuhner of Kirkleatham, Bart, He d. 12 Sep. 18S0 at Chxlfoy, co. Limerick, in his 76th year. His widow is now (18S5) living. III. 1880. 3. Frederic Oliver (Trench), Baron Ashtowx [I.], grandson and h , being s. and h. of Hon. Frederic Sidney Charles Trench (by Anne, 1st da. of William Thomas [La Pueh TiiENrn], 3rd E.MU. OF Clancaiity [I.]), which Frederic was s. and h. ap. of the hist Lord by his first wife, hut d. v.p. 2 March lS7!tinhis 40th year. He was 4. 2 Fob. 18GS and was ed. at Eton. Family Estates. — These, in IS83, consisted of about 8,400 acres in Yorkshire, worth about £7,700 a year, and of about 37,200 acres in Ireland (chiefly in the counties uf Limerick, Galway, Tipperary, Waterford, &e.), worth about i'27,000 a year. Total about 43,600 acres, worth about £34,700 a year. See Batematt's " Great Landowners." Sed ijucrc if the Yorkshire estates are not those of the family of Gascoignc, belonging to the Dow. Baroness ? Principal Resilience — Woodlawn, co. Galway. ASKE. See "DUNDAS OF ASKE, co. York," Baron, or. 1794. ( a ) The patent is given in extenso 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 indig- nation in every friend of Ireland." Later on a speech of Mr. Trench is quoted iu which he says "he had, since the night before, been fully convinced of the advantages of an Union, and would certainly support it." He was one of the nine Commoners who were raised to the Peerage [I.] all on the same day (the 27 Dee. 1800) being the last (Commoners) who were ennobled before the Union, which took place four days afterwards. The Peerage dignities thus bestowed were Lecale, Eadstock, Glcubervie, Norbury, Gardner, Nugent (with a spec. rem. to a younger son, the grantee being the wife of Earl Nmjent [I.], Marquess of Buckingham, &e.), Ashtown, Clarina and Erik These were in addition to seventeen others who had been conferred previously in the same yew — viz., Whitworth, Castlecoote (with a spec, rem., the grantee being already au Irish Peer), Langford, de Blaquiere, Frankfort, Dufferin, Henuiker, Newcomcn, Adare, Ventry, Ennismore, Wallsconrt, Mount Sandford, Dimnlley, Tare, Harthrad and Clan- morris. Thus in mie year the Irish House of Lords was increased by the addition of no less than twenty-six members, besides any number of peerages of higher grade bestowed on its existing members. ( b ) Francis Trench and Mary Mason were m. 11 Junu 1802 atSt. Chad's, Shrewsbury.