Peter Edward Trench
Sir Peter Edward Trench CBE TD JP (16 June 1918 – 10 September 2006) was a British developer and Liberal Party politician.
Background[edit]
He was a son of Lt-Col. James Knights Trench, managing director of the Sandoz Chemical Company Limited and Grace Sim of Bradford.[1] He was educated privately, at the London School of Economics, London University and St John’s College, Cambridge where he was awarded a BSc (Econ.) Hons. He married, in 1940, Mary St Clair Morford. They had one son and one daughter. Mary died in 2004. He was awarded an OBE in 1945, a CBE in 1964 and he was knighted in 1979.[2]
Second World War[edit]
He served in The Queen’s Royal Regiment from 1939–46. He was at the Battle of Dunkirk. He went on a special mission to Italy. In 1944 he was on Field-Marshal Montgomery's staff.[3] He reached the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Political career[edit]
At the age of 27 he was Liberal candidate for the Bradford Central Division of West Yorkshire at the 1945 General Election, finishing third. He did not stand for parliament again.[4] The Liberal Party in Bradford had been dominated by the Liberal Nationals who favoured close co-operation with the Conservative party. However Trench was opposed to this arrangement and stood against a Conservative candidate. He openly criticised those Liberal Nationals who aligned themselves with the Conservatives.[5]
He served as a Justice of the Peace in Inner London from 1963–1971. He was a part-time Member of the National Board for Prices and Incomes from 1965–68.[6]
Professional career[edit]
He went into the building and construction business, running a string of construction companies. He was a member of the Chartered Institute of Building. He was Director of the National Federation of Building Trades Employers from 1959–64.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 16 April 1945
- ^ ‘TRENCH, Sir Peter (Edward)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 accessed 19 January 2014
- ^ The Times House of Commons, 1945
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- ^ The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 23 June 1945
- ^ ‘TRENCH, Sir Peter (Edward)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 accessed 19 January 2014
- ^ ‘TRENCH, Sir Peter (Edward)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 accessed 19 January 2014
External links[edit]
- Iain Dale's Blogspot: http://iaindale.blogspot.co.uk/2006/09/quiz-question-of-day.html
- 1918 births
- 2006 deaths
- Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- Alumni of the University of London
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- English justices of the peace
- Knights Bachelor
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Queen's Royal Regiment officers