Trench Chiswell

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Richard Muilman Trench Chiswell (1735? – 1797) was an antiquary and English Member of Parliament.

Life

Chiswell was born Richard Muilman, but assumed the extra surnames of Trench and Chiswell by royal licence on 28 November 1772 after the death of his mother’s brother, Richard Chiswell, when he inherited a fortune of £120,000 and Debden Hall in Essex. He was elected MP for Aldborough, Yorkshire, in 1790,^[1] and served until his death, supporting the government of William Pitt the Younger.

Chiswell made some literary collections relating to the history of Essex, and he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1791. He is said to have owned some “fine Caxtons” which were accidentally burned.^[1]

His mind became deranged as a result of unsuccessful speculations in the West Indies, and he shot himself on 3 February 1797.^[1]

Family

In 1756 (then) Richard Muilman married Mary (c1732-1807), a daughter of Dr James Jurin. Their only child, also Mary, married the British Resident in Venice, Sir Francis Vincent 8th Baronet.

Chiswell's first cousin, Anna Muilman, married John Julius Angerstein.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wroth 1887.

Attribution

Wroth, Warwick William (1887). "Chiswell, Trench". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by John Gally Knight Richard Pepper Arden	Member of Parliament for Aldborough with John Gally Knight 1790–1796 Charles Duncombe 1796-1797 1790–1797	Succeeded by Charles Duncombe John Blackburn

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