Born Newbury of German parents and worked there briefly. 1643 appointed Prolocutor of the Westminster Assembly, effectively head of the church. Buried Westminster Abbey.
When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwell and his supporters, including Twiss, and their reburial in an unmarked pit in St Margaret's churchyard, Westminster.
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Dr William Twiss
When Charles II was restored to the throne he issued Royal Warrant, dated 9 S...
Superintendent of Stores in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1888-1903. Honorary Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Patron of the arts and Communist Party member. Born as Lesley Stewart McIntyre. Married William, the later Earl Jowitt, in 1913 thus becoming Viscountess Jowitt in 1940. See Boris Anrep for detail...
Chairman of the Westminster Joint Works and Sanitary Committee in 1893. He is referenced in Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John...
Alderman and Lord Mayor of London, 1869 - 70. Typefounder and and punchcutter, credited with cutting the first Clarendon, a fat typeface with thick slabs, the first ever registered typeface. The ...
Born Bath, Somerset. Editor and eventually proprietor of the Manchester Guardian. He was a Liberal member of parliament from 1895 to 1905 and embraced the causes of female suffrage and a Jewish nat...
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