Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty

The Right Honourable The Earl of Clancarty GCB GCH PC
President of the Board of Trade
In office 29 September 1812 – 24 January 1818
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	The Earl of Liverpool
Preceded by	The Earl Bathurst
Succeeded by	Hon. F. J. Robinson
Personal details
Born	(1767-05-19)19 May 1767
Died	24 November 1837(1837-11-24) (aged 70) Kinnegad, County Westmeath
Nationality	British
Political party	Tory
Spouse(s)	Henrietta Margaret Staples (c. 1770–1847)
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty, 1st Marquess of Heusden GCB GCH PC (19 May 1767 – 24 November 1837), styled The Honourable from 1797 to 1803 and then Viscount Dunlo to 1805, was an Anglo-Irish peer, a nobleman in the Dutch nobility, and a diplomat. He was an Irish, and later British, Member of Parliament and a supporter of Pitt. Additionally he was appointed Postmaster General of Ireland, and later, of the United Kingdom.