Lt Col Sir Richard Chenevix Trench

Sir Richard Trench was born in 1876 and educated at Winchester. After joining the Army and receiving training in the Royal College at Sandhurst, he entered the Indian Army in January 1896 and the Indian Political Department in 1901. He served as Resident at Mewar and later in Kashmir as the first Assistant to the Resident in various places across India.

In January 1926, Colonel Trench’s services were lent to the Government of Hyderabad. During the reign of Nizam VII, he was appointed as the Revenue Member and served for five years in Hyderabad. After his retirement in April 1931, he was retained by the Nizam for two more years as a member of the Executive Council. He also attended the Round Table Conference held in 1930. 

Colonel Trench had the honor of being the first British officer to hold the Revenue portfolio and also the first British officer to serve the Executive Council in Hyderabad. For his service, he was conferred with the title of O.B.E. in 1919 and was knighted in 1932.