Baron Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset

Summary

27th January 1930. Hugh Trenchard 1st Viscount Trenchard [aged 56] created.

10th February 1956. Son Thomas Trenchard 2nd Viscount Trenchard [aged 32] succeeded.

29th April 1987. Son Hugh Trenchard 3rd Viscount Trenchard [aged 36] succeeded.

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.

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.

On 29th April 1987 Thomas Trenchard 2nd Viscount Trenchard [aged 63] died. His son Hugh [aged 36] 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 [aged 32] by marriage Viscountess Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset.