Thomas Twisleton, 13th Baron Saye and Sele, 13th Baron Saye and Sele from 1781, Major-General in the British Army, Colonel of the 9th Regiment of Foot.
Dates: c.1735–1 July 1788
Biography
British Army officer who served in the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence. He successfully established his claim to the Saye and Sele barony in 1781 and took his seat in the House of Lords on 29 June of that year.
Notes / Sources
Cracroft's Peerage, Baron Saye and Sele — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/saye1603.htm
The Peerage, Thomas Twisleton — https://www.thepeerage.com/p12900.htm
Debrett's Illustrated Peerage, Saye and Sele — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Debrett%27s_Illustrated_Peerage_and_Titles_of_Courtesy.djvu/492
Collins's Peerage of England — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Collins%E2%80%99s_Peerage_of_England_Genealogical%2C_Biographical_and_Historical%2C_in_Nine_Volumes%2C_Vol._VII_%28IA_dli.granth.18092%29.pdf
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Twisleton of Broughton
Father: John Twisleton of Broughton
Mother: Anne Gardner
Spouse(s): Elizabeth Turner, daughter of Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Baronet, and Cassandra Leigh
Children / next generation: Gregory William Eardley-Twisleton-Fiennes, later 14th Baron Saye and Sele; Thomas James Twisleton; Julia Judith Twisleton; Mary Cassandra Twisleton
Armorial Registry
Twisleton of Broughton — Thomas Twisleton, 13th Baron Saye and Sele, claimant through Elizabeth Fiennes
Branch: Twisleton of Broughton; descendant of Elizabeth Fiennes and John Twisleton
Issued / recorded: 1781
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