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

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.

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.

TWIST, ROBERT; b.; adm.; QS ; a set of verses adressed by him in 1597 to Queen Elizabeth I on the anniversary of her accession is preserved in the Royal MSS, British Library; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1599, adm. scholar 1600, but did not matr.

TWIST, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1587, adm. scholar 1588, matr. Mich. 1587.

TYRER, RALPH; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1572, adm. scholar 1573, matr. Mich. 1572; BA 1576/7; MA 1580 (incorp. Oxford 12 Jul 1580); BD 1587; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1579- c. 1593, Junior Dean 1589-90, Senior Dean 1590-1, 1592-3; ordained priest (Lincoln) May 1586; Vicar of Exton, Bucks., 1586; Vicar of Eaton Bray, Beds., 1587; Vicar of Chesterton, Cambs., 1590-3; Vicar of Kendal, Westmorland, from 1592; in the event of his only son John dying under age, he provided in his will for the foundation of a scholarship at Trinity Coll. for those educated at St. Paulís or Westminster, but there is no evidence that Trinity Coll. received any money under the terms of this bequest; lic. to m. 28 Oct 1592 Mary, dau. of John Harrison, St. Michael le Querne, London, citizen and stationer; d. 4 Jun 1627.

Udny-Hamilton, Robert Edward Archibald, 11th Baron Belhaven and Stenton, only son of Lieut. Archibald William Hamilton, R.N., by Elizabeth Anne, daughter of William Whalley Billyard, of Bath, Somerset; b. April 8, 1871; adm. as Q.S. June 5, 1885; left July 1888; R.M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Royal Scots Fusiliers Nov. 8, 1890; Probationer I.S.C. Feb. 24, 1893, Lieut. 4th Ghurkas Nov. 24, 1893; Capt. July 10, 1901; transferred to the Super­numerary List June 28, 1908; Major Nov. 8, 1908; Lieut.-Col. Nov. 8, 1916; retired in 1923; served with the Chitral Relief Force 1895, in the operations against the Mazra Rebels in East Africa 1895-6, in the Tirah Campaign 1897-8, and with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force 1915-8; was employed by the Govt. oflndia in several civil posts 1898-1923; Kaisar-i­-Hind Medal Jan. 2, 1905; C.l.E. Aug. 26, 1918; succeeded his uncle as 11th Baron Oct. 31, 1920; Scottish Representative Peer 1922; assumed the additional surname of Udny on succeeding to the Udny estates, Aberdeenshire, 1934; m. 1st Nov. 15, 1898, Kathleen Gonville, daughter of Col. Sir Benjamin Parnell Bromhead, Bart., C.B.; 2nd March 25, 1938, Sheila de Hauteville, daughter of Capt. Algernon George Pearson, D.S.O., Royal Berkshire Regt.; d. Oct. 26, 1950.

UNDERHILL, HENRY, eldest son of Capt. Samuel Underhill, Ludlow, Shropshire, and Yarnton, Oxfordshire, Royalist supporter during Civil War, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Henry Gibbs, Kt, Honington, Warwicks. ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1665, having thrice been recommended by Charles II for election into College (CSP Dom 1660-1, 146; ibid. , 1661-2, 255, 273); failed to obtain election to either University 1667; drowned in the Thames with Robert Richards (qv) Jun 1667, and buried with him in same grave in West Cloister, Westminster Abbey 26 Jun 1667.

UNDERWOOD, EDMUND, son of Thomas Underwood, Hinckley, Leics.; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1636; KS 1637 (second in the list, although shown as Capt. on Dormitory Tablets); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1639, matr. 5 Jul 1639, aged 17, Westminster Student to expulsion 13 Oct 1648, Tutor; BA 1643; MA 1646; expelled from Studentship by Parliamentary Visitors 13 Oct 1648; his pupil Philip Henry (qv) regretted his loss “which was very ill for mee, for he was an ingenious person, and a good scholar” (Diaries and Letters of Philip Henry, 1882, 12). [perhaps bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn, son of Thomas Underwood, and Elizabeth --- (IGI)]