TWISLETON, HON. THOMAS JAMES, brother of Gregory Wiliam Eardley-Twisleton-Fiennes, 11th Baron Saye and Sele (qv); b. 28 Sep 1770; adm. 4 Mar 1781; KS (Capt. ) 1785; left Sep 1788, on account of his marriage with a girl with whom he had fallen in love while engaged in amateur theatricals; one of the contributors to The Trifler; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 2 Feb 1789; BA 1794; MA 1796; DD 1819; ordained priest (Winchester) 22 May 1796; Curate, Avington, Hampshire; Vicar of Woodford [county] 23 Jul 1796-1803; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1796, still 1797; Vicar of Blakesley, Northants, from 1 Mar 1797; Secretary and Chaplain to Government of Ceylon 1802; Archdeacon of Colombo from 1815; Rector of Broadwell, Gloucs., from 29 Aug 1821; his portrait by Hoppner as Phaedria in the Eunuchus of 1787 is preserved at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire; present at battle of Camperdown 1797; m. 1st, 4 Nov 1788 (deed of separation 17 Jun 1794, divorced 1798) Charlotte Anne Frances, dau. of John Wattell, London; m. 2nd, 7 Jun 1798 Anne, dau. of Benjamin Ashe, Bath, Somerset; d. in Ceylon 15 Aug 1824.
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Houses
- NT Armfeild's
- NT Ashburnham
- NT Ashby's
- NT Atwood's
- NT Bainbrigg's
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- NT Best's
- NT Bourne's
- NT Burges'
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- NT Clarke's
- NT College
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- NT Dean's
- NT Desaguliers'
- NT Douglas'
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- NT Du Brieux's
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- NT Edwards'
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- NT Homeboarders'
- NT Howe's
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- NT James'
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- NT Morrison's
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- NT Packharness'
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- NT Taylor's
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- NT Wren's
- NT Wynniate's