On 3rd February 1873 Hugh Trenchard 1st Viscount Trenchard was born to Henry Trenchard and Georgina Skene in Taunton, Somerset [Map].
In 1912 Hugh Trenchard 1st Viscount Trenchard [aged 38] learnt to fly and at the outbreak of war in 1914 he was placed at the head of the emergent Royal Flying Corps, at that time just a branch of the army. He was appointed in 1918 Chief of the Air Staff of the newly formed Royal Air Force
In 1919 Hugh Trenchard [aged 45] was created 1st Baronet Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset and granted £10,000 for his war services.
On 17th July 1920 Hugh Trenchard [aged 47] and Katherine Salvin Lady Trenchard were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. She by marriage Lady Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset.
On 15th December 1923 [his son] Thomas Trenchard 2nd Viscount Trenchard was born to Hugh Trenchard [aged 50] and [his wife] Katherine Salvin Lady Trenchard.
The London Gazette 33574. Whitehall, January 27, 1930. The KING has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Eealm, bearing date the 23rd instant, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom upon Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Hugh Montague Trenchard [aged 56], Baronet, G.C.B., D.S.O., and the heirs male of his body law fully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Trenchard, of Wolfeton, in the County of Dorset.
The London Gazette 34252. Whitehall, February 3, 1936. The KING has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 31st ultimo, to confer the dignity of a Viscount of the United Kingdom upon Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague [aged 63], Baron Trenchard, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., D.S.O., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Viscount Trenchard, of Wolfeton in the County of Dorset.
1955. Frank Ernest Beresford [aged 73]. Portrait of Hugh Trenchard 1st Viscount Trenchard [aged 81].
On 10th February 1956 Hugh Trenchard 1st Viscount Trenchard [aged 83] died at his London home in Sloane Avenue. His funeral was held at Westminster Abbey on 21st February 1956. His body was cremated and the ashes entombed at the Battle of Britain Chapel in the Abbey. His son Thomas [aged 32] succeeded 2nd Viscount Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset, 2nd Baron Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset and 2nd Baronet Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset.
Thomas Trenchard 2nd Viscount Trenchard: On 15th December 1923 he was born to Hugh Trenchard and Katherine Salvin Lady Trenchard. On 29th April 1987 he died. His son Hugh succeeded 3rd Viscount Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset, 3rd Baron Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset and 3rd Baronet Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset. Fiona Morrison Viscountess Trenchard by marriage Viscountess Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset.