Earl of Clancarty
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The title of
Earl of Clancarty has been created twice in the
Peerage of Ireland, first in
1658, that title being attainted in
1690, and then in
1803.
The Earl bears the subsidiary titles of Viscount Dunlo (1801) and Baron Kilconnel (1797) in the Peerage of Ireland, and of Viscount Clancarty (1823) and Baron Trench (1815) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As Viscount Clancarty, the Earls sat in the House of Lords until 1999, when the House of Lords Act was passed.
Earls of Clancarty, First Creation (1658)
- Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty (1594-1665)
- Charles MacCarty, 2nd Earl of Clancarty (d. 1666)
- Callaghan MacCarty, 3rd Earl of Clancarty (d. 1676)
- Donough MacCarty, 4th Earl of Clancarty (1668-1734) (forfeit 1690)
Earls of Clancarty, Second Creation (1803)
- William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty (1741-1805)
- Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty (1767-1837)
- William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty (1803-1872)
- Richard Somerset Le Poer Trench, 4th Earl of Clancarty (1834-1891)
- William Frederick Le Poer Trench, 5th Earl of Clancarty (1868-1929)
- Richard Frederick John Donough Le Poer Trench, 6th Earl of Clancarty (1891-1975))
- Grenville Sydney Rocheforte, 7th Earl of Clancarty (1902-1975)
- William Francis Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty (1911-1995)
- Nicholas Power Richard Le Poer Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty (b.1952)
