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Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 58 - 1945 page 56
NOTES ON THE FAMILY OF TWYSDEN AND TWISDEN.
By Ronald G. Hatton,   C.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.S., and the Rev. Christopher H. Hatton, O.S.B.

She never married, but was very sociable and a great letter writer. Twelve of her letters were published in Archæologia Cantiana, V, 88, and are much quoted.
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                 NORTH WALL (OPPOSITE FIREPLACE) 
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H18 (231). Elizabeth Twysden. 1715-1798.
Portrait, in white satin dress with full sleeves, and velvet cloak.
Dated 1740. (28" X 25".) Artist: probably Thomas Hudson. (Signed " ____ son pinxit.")
Daughter of Sir William and Lady Jane Twysden, 5th Bart. of Roydon Hall.
A letter addressed to her by her aunt, Isabella Twisden (H17), was used as the latter's will.
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H19 (269). Sir Roger Twisden, 5th Bart. of Bradbourne. 1705-1772. Plate XI.
Portrait, in scarlet coat and waistcoat embroidered gold, with signet ring.
Dated 1761. (39" X 35".) Artist: J. P. Sauvage. (Signed).

Second son of Sir Thomas and Lady Anne, 3rd Bart. of Bradbourne; succeeded his brother (1737).
Married: Elizabeth Bartholomew (nee Watton), heiress of Addington Park, near Maidstone.
Although in the Army and in Parliament under George II, he was a country gentleman first and last, keeping his own hounds and adding to the amenities of the Park.
His curious will which tried to bar his second son, Lieutenant William Twisden, from the inheritance, because of an unapproved and unrecognized marriage with Mary Kirk, laid the foundations of a family dispute which brought about the dissolution of the Bradbourne estate.
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The initials "R.E.1746" on the lead waterpipes on the South front of the house are those of Sir Roger and his wife.
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H20 (225). Sir William Twysden, 5th Bart. of Roydon. 1677-1751. Plate VIII.
Portrait, in blue coat open and showing white shirt, hand on sword hilt.
Circa 1720. (40 1/2" X 40".) Artist: attributed to Michael Dahl.

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