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Twistleton was mainly associated with [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC).<ref name=S&B>[[Arthur Haygarth]], ''Scores & Biographies'', Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862</ref> |
Twistleton was mainly associated with [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC).<ref name=S&B>[[Arthur Haygarth]], ''Scores & Biographies'', Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862</ref> |
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Twistleton's second wife, whom he married in 1798, was Anne Ashe (died 1847), daughter of Benjamin Ashe.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England)|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5GodAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA442|year=1847|publisher=F. Jefferies|page=442}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:05, 8 March 2018
The Hon. Thomas James Twistleton (1770/1–1824) was an English churchman, Archdeacon of Colombo from 1815 to 1824.[1] He was also noted as an amateur cricketer who made 7 known appearances in first-class cricket matches from 1789 to 1796.
Life
He was the son of Thomas Twisleton, 13th Baron Saye and Sele. He matriculated at St Mary Hall, Oxford on 2 February 1789, aged 18, graduating B.A. in 1794, and M.A. 1796.[1]
Twistleton held a number of livings, before in 1802. becoming secretary and chaplain to the British administration in Ceylon. He was appointed Archdeacon of Colombo in 1815, receiving the Oxford degree of D.D. in 1816. He died in Colombo, on 15 October 1824.[1]
Cricket career
Twistleton was mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[2]
Family
Twistleton's second wife, whom he married in 1798, was Anne Ashe (died 1847), daughter of Benjamin Ashe.[3]
References
- ^ a b c s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Twisleton, Hon. Thomas James
- ^ Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England). F. Jefferies. 1847. p. 442.
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