Family and Education
b. 28 Feb. 1787, IGI. 1st s. of Francis Twiss of Bath and Frances, da. of Roger Kemble, actor and theatrical manager. educ. I. Temple 1806, called 1811. m. (1) 2 Aug. 1817, Anne Lawrence Serle (d. 24 Mar. 1828), 1da.; Reg. Temple Church Burials, 83. She was described in Gent. Mag. (1849), i. 652 as o. da. of Col. Serle of Montague Place, but it has not proved possible to verify this. Oxford DNB erroneously gives her death date as 20 Feb. 1827. (2) 3 Apr. 1830, Ann Louisa Andrewanna, da. of Rev. Alexander Sterky, Swiss minister and reader to Princess Charlotte, wid. of Charles Greenwood, Russia merchant, of 6 Rood Lane, London, 1s. suc. fa. 1827. d. 4 May 1849.
Offices Held
Commr. of bankrupts 1819 – 27; counsel to admiralty and judge adv. of fleet Feb. 1824 – June 1828; KC 12 June 1827; bencher, I. Temple 1827, reader 1837, treas. 1838; under-sec. of state for war and colonies May 1828 – Nov. 1830; vice-chan. of duchy of Lancaster Nov. 1844 – d.
Main residence: 15 Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mdx.
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Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
TWISS, Horace (1787-1849)
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