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.