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TWISS, QUINTIN WILLIAM FRANCIS, only son of Horace Twiss QC MP, Vice-Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster, and Conservative politician, and his second wife Anne Louisa Andrewenna, widow of Charles Greenwood, and sister of Charles Stephen Francis Sterky (qv); b. 13 Mar 1835; adm. 2 Oct 1843 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1849; Capt. of the School 1852; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1853, matr. 18 May 1853, Westminster Student 1853-61; BA 1857; MA 1860; Third Class Clerk, Treasury Aug 1856 - Jan 1860; Assistant Private Secretary to Parliamentary Secretary to Treasury Jun 1859 - Jan 1860; Assistant Superintendent, County Courts Department Jan 1860 - 91; a well-known amateur actor and famous “Old Stager” in the Canterbury week; his name formerly appeared in nails in the centre of the floor of School, and it was on this spot that boys who misbehaved in form were told to “stand out”; m. 11 Apr 1861 Fanny Shelley, second dau. of William Henry Covey FRCS LSA, Wilton Street, Belgrave Square, London, surgeon; d. 7 Aug 1900.

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.

TWISDEN, THOMAS, brother of Philip Twisden (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1699; buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey 31 Oct 1700.

TWISDEN, PHILIP, eldest son of Francis Twisden, East Malling, Kent, and Rebecca, widow of Thomas Hale, and dau. of Philip Lemon; b.; adm.; KS 1693; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1696, matr. 4 Jul 1696, aged 18, Westminster Student from 29 Dec 1696; Lieut., Earl of Orrery’s (afterwards Col. Kane’s) Regt. of Foot 1 Mar 1703/4, later Capt.; served at battle of Malplaquet 1709; sailed with his regiment on expedition to Canada 1711; drowned in shipwreck in St. Lawrence river 22 Aug 1711.

TWISDEN, JOHN, sixth son of Sir Roger Twisden, Bart., MP, and Margaret, dau. of Sir John Marsham, Bart. (qv); bapt. 29 Dec 1683; adm.; KS 1700; buried East Malling, Kent 22 Nov 1701.

Twilley, Nicholas John, son of Wilfred Vernon Twilley, schoolmaster, of Ashtead, Surrey, and Mary Joan, d. of William Tucker Jennings of East Grinstead, Sussex; b. 8 Feb. 1945; adm. Sept. 1958 (QS); left July 1960; a computer programmer 1963-6; Univ. of Lond. 1966-8; founder and man. dir. Scan Data Internat. Plc 1969; an independent computer consult. 1976-88; contested (Cons. ) Alyn and Deeside 1987; a PR consult. 1988; m. 1st, 1965 Shirley Jean, d. of Jack Remnant of Cranleigh, Surrey; 2nd, 1969 Diane Margaret Cooke, computer programmer, d. of Philip Douglas Cooke, insurance co. clerk, of Thorpe Bay, Essex; d. 6 Aug. 2007.

TWEDLE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1553 (Chapter Muniments).

TUTTESHAM, ZACHARY; b.; adm.; KS ; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1615, adm. scholar 1616, matr. Lent 1615/6; BA 1619/20; MA 1623; ordained; Vicar of Dallington, Sussex I Jun 1622 - sequestered 8 Sep 43; buried Hastings, Sussex 6 Oct 1652.

TURNER, WILLIAM PARTHERICHE, elder son of William Turner MusD (Cambridge), Vicar Choral of St. Paul’s Cathedral, and Lay Vicar, Westminster Abbey, and Elizabeth Partheriche; bapt. St. Martin, Ludgate 4 Apr 1682/3 (IGI); adm.; KS 1699; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1703, matr. 8 Jun 1703, aged 20, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1703 - void 1709; degree set back for a year and confined to college for being at a tavern all night, 24 Dec 1706; BA 1707; MA Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1713; ordained priest (Durham) 24 Sep 1710; Minor Canon and Sacrist, Durham Cathedral; Vicar of Monk Heselden, co. Durham, from 1714; m. 1st, 1 Nov 1708 Margaret, second dau. of Thomas Butler, Old Acres, co. Durham; m. 2nd, 17 Apr 1718 Elizabeth Wall; buried Monk Hesleden, co. Durham 28 Feb 1748.

TURNER, THOMAS, son of Thomas Turner, Clerk, Navy Office; b.; adm. 1656; KS (aged 14) 1658; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1661, adm. pens. 22 May 1661, scholar 1662; BA 1664/5; MA 1668; ordained deacon 11 May 1668, priest 12 May 1668 (both Chichester); Chaplain, Royal Navy 1669.