Philip Twisleton
Philip Twisleton (died 1678) of Drax Abbey, North Yorkshire was a colonel of a cavalry regiment in the New Model Army. He was knighted by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell on 1 February 1658.
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Biography
Philip Twisleton was the son of John Twislkton, of Drax and Barley, Yorkshire, and of Horsmans Place in Dartford, and Margaret, daughter of William Constable.[1]
Twisleton was a colonel of a horse (cavalry) regiment in the New Model Army,[2] and was knighted by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell on 1 February 1658 (the knighthood passed into oblivion at the Restoration in May 1660).[3][1]
Family
Philip Twisleton married Ann, daughter of John Brograve (born 1597) of Hamells and Hannah, daughter of Sir Thomas Barnardiston.[4] They had two sons:
- John (died 1721), the eldest son and heir, who inherited Horsmans Place from his uncle John Twisleton, the elder brother of his father who had been honoured with a baronet by the Lord Protector. He died childless.[5]
- Thomas,who became a reverend and had at least one child, a daughter called Mary.[6]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cokayne 1903, p. 5.
- ↑ Reid 2004, p. 40.
- ↑ Shaw 1906, p. 224.
- ↑ Burke 1838, p. 82.
- ↑ Dunkin 1844, p. 296.
- ↑ Peile 1910, p. 163.
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