- Trench Chiswell
Trench Chiswell (1735? – 1797) was an antiquary and English
Member of Parliament .Chiswell was born as Richard Muilman, but assumed the name of Trench Chiswell on the death in 1772 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 .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 .References
*Dictionary of National Biography
*RaymentExternal links
* [http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/1500-1900/chiswell/chiswell.html Catalogue of Trench Chiswell's journals at the Bodleian Library]
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