Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty

The Earl of Clancarty
Portrait by Joseph Paelinck, 1817
President of the Board of Trade
In office
29 September 1812 – 24 January 1818
MonarchGeorge III
Prime MinisterThe Earl of Liverpool
Preceded byThe Earl Bathurst
Succeeded byHon. F. J. Robinson
Personal details
Born(1767-05-19)19 May 1767
Died24 November 1837(1837-11-24) (aged 70)
Kinnegad, County Westmeath
NationalityBritish
Political partyTory
Spouse(s)Henrietta Margaret Staples
(c. 1770–1847)
Alma materSt 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.