Philip Twisleton | |
Birth Date: | Uncertain, probably 1616 |
Birth Place: | Drax, North Yorkshire |
Death Place: | Horsmans Place, Kent |
Nationality: | English |
Spouse: | Ann Brograve |
Children: | John (died 1721); Thomas |
Allegiance: | Parliamentarian |
Serviceyears: | 1642 to 1660 |
Rank: | Colonel |
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Philip Twisleton, born 1616, died 13 June 1678, was a member of the landed gentry from North Yorkshire, who served as a colonel in the New Model Army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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. He had an elder brother, John (1614–1682), and a younger, George (1618–1667), who also served in the Parliamentarian army.
Twisleton was colonel of a cavalry regiment in the New Model Army, and was knighted by Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector, on 1 February 1658. The knighthood was voided after the Stuart Restoration in May 1660.
Philip Twisleton married Ann, daughter of John Brograve (born 1597) of Hamells and Hannah, daughter of Sir Thomas Barnardiston. They had two sons: