Trench Chiswell
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Richard Muilman Trench Chiswell (1735? – 1797) was an antiquary and English Member of Parliament
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Chiswell was Richard Muilman, but assumed the extra surnames of Trench and Chiswell by royal licence on 28 November 1772 following 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, and served until his death, supporting the government of William Pitt the Younger
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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.
His mind became deranged as a result of unsuccessful speculations in the West Indies, and he shot himself on 3 February 1797.
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
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
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Chiswell was Richard Muilman, but assumed the extra surnames of Trench and Chiswell by royal licence on 28 November 1772 following the death of his mother’s brother, Richard Chiswell, when he inherited a fortune of £120,000 and Debden
Debden, Uttlesford
Debden is a small rural village in the Uttlesford district of Essex in the East of England.It is located 4 miles from Saffron Walden and 17 miles from Cambridge.RAF Debden is nearby and played a role in the Second World War....
Hall in Essex. He was elected MP for Aldborough
Aldborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Aldborough was a parliamentary borough located in the West Riding of Yorkshire, abolished in the Great Reform Act of 1832. Aldborough returned two Members of Parliament from 1558 until 1832....
, Yorkshire, in 1790, and served until his death, supporting the government of William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...
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Chiswell made some literary collections relating to the history of Essex, and he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
Society of Antiquaries of London
The Society of Antiquaries of London is a learned society "charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with 'the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'." It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London , and is...
in 1791. He is said to have owned some “fine Caxtons” which were accidentally burned.
His mind became deranged as a result of unsuccessful speculations in the West Indies, and he shot himself on 3 February 1797.
In 1756 (then) Richard Muilman married Mary (c1732-1807), a daughter of Dr James Jurin
James Jurin
James Jurin FRS MA FRCP MD was an English scientist and physician, particularly remembered for his early work in capillary action and in the epidemiology of smallpox vaccination...
. Their only child, also Mary, married the British Resident in Venice, Sir Francis Vincent
Viscount D'Abernon
Viscount D'Abernon, of Esher and of Stoke D'Abernon in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 February 1926 for the politician, diplomat and writer Edgar Vincent, 1st Baron D'Abernon. He had already been created Baron D'Abernon, of Esher in the...
8th Baronet.
Chiswell's first cousin, Anna Muilman, married John Julius Angerstein
John Julius Angerstein
John Julius Angerstein , was a London merchant, Lloyd's under-writer, and patron of the fine arts. The imminent prospect that his collection of paintings was about to be sold by his estate, in 1824, galvanized the founding of the National Gallery, London.Angerstein was born in St Petersburg, Russia...