'Twisleton1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Twisleton of Barley, Twisleton of Saye & Sele
[The lower section of this page was originally within TZmisc02 but was moved here to support the upper section.]

John Twisleton of Potter Newton, Yorkshire
1. John Twisleton of London (alderman)
  m. Alice Latham (dau of _ Latham of Latham Hall)
A. Christopher Twisleton
  m. Ann Beare
  i. George Twisleton of Barley, Yorkshire
  m1. Ann Alured (dau of Thomas Alured of Charterhouse)
  a. George Twisleton of Barley (a 1612)
  m. Alice Haslewood (dau of _ Haslewood of Madewell)
(1) Sir George Twisleton, Bart of Barley (b c1605, dsp 10.1635)
  Visitation ends with this George, merely noting that he was aged 7 in 1612. We presume that this was the George who is reported by BEB1841 (Twisleton of Barley) as being created a baronet in 1629. BEB1841 reports that he married Catherine Stapylton and that his estates "reverted to his uncle ... ancestor of the present Lord Saye and Sele".
  m. Catherine Stapylton (dau of Henry Stapylton of Wighill, m2. Sir Henry Cholmeley)
  b. Sir John Twisleton of Drax (Yorkshire) & Horsmans Place (Kent), later of Barley, Bart
  Visitation identifies this John merely as 2nd son. BEB1841 identifies him as his nephew's successor. TCP (Saye and Sele) reports that John was created a baronet in 1658 by Cromwell and that he had 4 wives, of whom the 3rd was ....
  m(3). Elizabeth Fiennes (d 28.03.1674, dau of James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye & Sele, 9th/3rd Lord)
  (1) Cecil Twisleton, de jure Baroness Saye and Sele (d 1723)
  m1. (before 1670) George Twisleton of Woodhall @@ below
  m2. Robert Mignon
  c. Ann Twisleton presumably the Anne who married ...
  m. George Lawson of Poppleton (b 1575)
  d.+ other issue - George, Bryan, Mary
  It was probably this George who, according to Commoners (vol IV, Holme of Paull Holme) where he is identified as "ancestor of the present Lord Saye and Sele", also married ...
  m2. Margaret Holme (dau of Edward Holme of Paull Holme)
  ii.+ other issue - Bryan, Elizabeth, Ann
  B. John Twisleton

 

 

George Twistleton, Governor of Denbigh Castle (Lt. Colonel) probably father of ...
1. George Twistleton of Woodhall
  m. (before 1670) Cecil Twisleton, de jure Baroness Saye and Sele (d 1723, dau of John Twisleton of Barley) @@ above
  A. Fiennes Twisleton, de jure 11th Lord Saye & Sele (b 1670, d 04.09.1730)
  m. (1692) Mary Clarke
  i. John Twisleton, de jure 12th Lord Saye & Sele (bpt 16.01.1698, d 1763)
  m. (30.12.1733) Anne Gardner (d 14.01.1769, dau of William Gardner of Little Bourton)
  a. John Twisleton (b c1734, dvp unm Bruckemuhle 21.09.1762, Lt. Colonel)
  b. Thomas Twisleton, 13th Lord Saye & Sele (b c1735, d 01.07.1788, Major General)
  Thomas's claim for the barony of Saye & Sele was successful in 1781.
  m. (14.07.1767) Elizabeth Turner (bpt 19.02.1740/1, d 01.04.1816, dau of Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Bart of Ambrosden)
  (1) George William Twisleton, later Twisleton-Fiennes, later Eardley-Twisleton-Fiennes, 14th Lord Saye & Sele (b 14.04.1769, d 13.11.1844)
  m. (09.1794) Maria Marow Eardley (b 22.11.1767, d 05.09/10.1834, dau of Sampson Gideon, later Eardley, 1st Lord Eardley of Spalding)
  (A) William Thomas Twisleton, later Eardley-Twisleton-Fiennes, 15th Lord Saye & Sele (b 21/4.04.1798, d unm 31.03.1847)
  (B) Maria Elizabeth Twisleton
  m. (1825) George Ernest, Count de Gersdoff of Prussia
(2) Thomas James Twisleton (b 28.09.1770, d 15.08.1824, archdeacon of Colombo, Ceylon)
  m1. (26.09.1788, div) Charlotte Ann Wattell (dau of John Wattell)
  (A) Julia Eliza Twisleton
  m. (18.04.1808) James Brown (d 17.11.1810, Captain)
  (B)+ other issue - Francis Henry Thomas (b 26.06.1790, d 12.07.1792), Thomas (b 04.1791, d 10.05.1791), Fiennes (b 03.1792, d 04.1792), Henry Charles (d 05.1798)
  m2. (07.06.1798) Anne Ashe (dau of Benjamin Ashe of Bath)
  (F) Frederick Benjamin Twisleton, later Eardley-Twisleton-Fiennes, 16th Lord Saye & Sele (b 04.07.1799, d 26.05.1887, archdeacon of Hereford) had issue
  m1. (04.06.1827) Emily Wingfield (d 20.06.1837, dau of Richard Wingfield, 4th Viscount Powerscourt)
  m2. (18.08.1857, sp) Caroline Leigh (b 18.02.1825, d 21.07.1909, dau of Chandos Leigh, 1st Lord of Stoneleigh)
  (G)+ other issue - Edward Ashe (b/d 1803), North Wemyss (b 1805, d 1806), Charles Samuel (b 1806, dsp 13.09.1890), Edward Turner Boyd (b 1809, dsp 05.10.1874), Mary Elizabeth (d 17.12.1873), Anna (b 1804, d 1815), Caroline (b 1807, d infant)
  (3) Julia Judith Twisleton (d 08.02.1843)
  m. (08.12.1786) James Henry Leigh of Adlestrop House (b 08.02.1765, d 27.10.1823)
  (4) Mary Cassandra Twisleton (b 11.06.1774, d 06.1843)
  m1. (div 1798/9) Edward Jervis Ricketts, later Jervis, 2nd Viscount of St. Vincent (b 01.04.1767, d 25.09.1859)
  m2. Richard Charles Head Graves

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 18.08.08) : Visitation (Foster 1875, Yorkshire, 1612, Twisleton of Barley)
(2) For lower section (originally uploaded 08.10.05 within TZMisc02) : BP1934 (Saye and Sele), TCP (Say)
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