Browse Trist (1698?–1777), of Bowden, near Totnes,

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, was an English politician. Bowden House - Totnes - geograph

He was born the son of Nicholas Trist of Bowden and educated at Wadham College, Oxford. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for Totnes 1754 - March 1763. In 1734 he married Agnes, daughter of Thomas Hore of Nymph, Devon, with whom he went on to have 6 sons and 3 daughters. The lived at Bowden House.

Family in America

Browse Trist's son Hore Browse Trist emigrated to the United States, where he befriended

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, obtained from him a government appointment, and settled in

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1698 births 1777 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Totnes British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1761–1768 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub