Twisleton

Article summary

Twisleton is a surname, and may refer to: * Charlotte Twisleton née Wattell (1770-1812), English actress * Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton (born 1809), British Poor Law Commissioner, son of Thomas Twisleton * Francis Morphet Twisleton (1873–1917), New Zealand soldier * Frederick Benjamin Twisleton (1799–1887), also Frederick Fiennes, 16th Baron Saye and Sele, son of Thomas Twisleton * Sir George Twisleton, 1st Baronet (c.1605–1635) * George Twisleton (1618–1667), English politician * John Twisleton (c.1614–1682), English Cromwellian baronet * Philip Twisleton (died 1678), English New Model Army officer * Thomas Twisleton (1770/1–1824), English Archdeacon of Colombo, son of Thomas Twisleton, 13th Baron Saye and Sele * Thomas Twisleton, 13th Baron Saye and Sele (c.1735–1788), British Army officer

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1809 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=946386230