George Trenchard (c. 1548 – 1630)
George Trenchard (c. 1548 – 24 November 1630), of Wolveton and later of Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, was an English politician.
George Trenchard | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Dorset | |
| Member of Parliament for Bridport | |
| Member of Parliament for Dorchester | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1548 |
| Died | 24 November 1630[1] |
He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Dorset in 1584, Bridport in 1571 and Dorchester in 1572. His grandfather had been an associate of the 1st Earl of Bedford as commissioner for church goods in Dorset.[2]
He commanded a force of Dorset Trained Bands during the Spanish Armada crisis of 1588.[3]
References
- "TRENCHARD, George I (c.1548-1630), of Wolveton; later of Lytchett Matravers, Dorset. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- "TRENCHARD, George I (c.1548-1630), of Wolveton; later of Lytchett Matravers, Dorset. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- C.T. Atkinson, The Dorsetshire Regiment: The Thirty-Ninth and Fifty-Fourth Foot and the Dorset Militia and Volunteers, Oxford: Privately printed at the University Press (for the regiment?), 1947, p. 5.
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