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.

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. Cokayne 1903, p. 5.
2. Reid 2004, p. 40.
3. Shaw 1906, p. 224.
4. Burke 1838, p. 82.
5. Dunkin 1844, p. 296.
6. Peile 1910, p. 163.

References

• Burke, John (1838), A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, by J. and ..., London: Scott, Webster and Grey, p. 82
• Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1903), Complete Baronetage 1649–1664, 3, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, p. 5
• Dunkin, John (1844), The History and Antiquities of Dartford, with Topographical Notices of the Neighbourhood, John Russell Smith, pp. 296
• Peile, John (1910), Venn, John Archiabald, ed., Biographical register of Christ's College, 1505-1905, and of the earlier foundation, God's house, 1448-1505, 2, Cambridge University Press, p. 163
• Shaw, William Arthur (1906), The Knights of England: A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland, 2, London: Sherratt and Hughes
• Reid, Stuart (2004), Dunbar 1650: Cromwell's Most Famous Victory (illustrated ed.), Osprey Publishing, p. 40, ISBN 9781841767741