Browse Trist Explained

Browse Trist (1698? - 1777), of Bowden, near Totnes, Devon, was an English politician.

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

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for Totnes 1754 - March 1763.^[1]

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 Thomas Jefferson, obtained from him a government appointment, and settled in Mississippi.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: TRIST, Browse (?1698-1777), of Bowden, nr. Totnes, Devon. historyofparliamentonline.org. 22 May 2015.
2. Web site: Hore Browse Trist. monticello.org. 31 October 2021.
3. Web site: Presidential Appointment of Hore Browse Trist Letters Patent 1803. 18 November 1803 . flickr.com. 31 October 2021.