Thomas Twisleton
The Hon. Thomas James Twisleton (also 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]
Twisleton 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
Twisleton was mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[2]
Family
Twisleton's first marriage was at age 18, the result of an elopement with Charlotte Anne Frances Wattrell, who proved adulterous.[3]
Twisleton's second wife, whom he married in 1798, was Anne Ashe (died 1847), daughter of Benjamin Ashe.[4] Frederick Fiennes, 16th Baron Saye and Sele was their son;[5] Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton was their youngest son.[6] Their daughter Mary Elizabeth married in 1818 William Gisborne, of the Ceylon Civil Service, third son of Thomas Gisborne and his wife Mary Babington.[7]
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
- ^ Harris, Jocelyn (3 August 2017). Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen. Bucknell University Press. p. 104. ISBN 9781611488432. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England). F. Jefferies. 1847. p. 442.
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England). F. Jefferies. 1847. p. 84.
- ^ Curthoys, M. C. "Twisleton, Edward Turner Boyd". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27915. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1895). "A genealogical and heraldic history of the colonial gentry ." Internet Archive. London: Harrison. p. 449. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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