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| Twiss, Francis. Adm. pens. (age 17) at PEMBROKE, Oct. 30, 1776. 2nd s. of Francis, Esq. [merchant], of Norwich. B. [1760] at Rotterdam. Married, May 1, 1786, Frances (Fanny), 2nd dau. of Roger Kemble and sister of Mrs Siddons, and had issue. Assisted his wife in the management of a fashionable girls' school at Bath, from 1807. Described by Mrs F. A. Kemble as 'a grim-visaged, gaunt-figured, kind-hearted gentleman and profound scholar.' Author, A complete verbal Index to the Plays of Shakespeare . Died Apr. 28, 1827, aged 68, at Cheltenham. ( G. Mag., 1827, I. 476; D.N.B. ) | Francis TWISS Approx. lifespan: 1760–1827 pens. aged 17 Pembroke College adm1776:10:30 2nd s. of Francis TWISS Esq. , of Norwich, [Norfolk], b. Rotterdam, [Holland], 1760 m. 1786:05:01 Frances ( Kemble, Fanny) 2nd dau. of Roger KEMBLE and sister of Mrs Siddons. had issue Assisted his wife in the management of a fashionable girls' school Bath, [Somerset], from1807 Described by Mrs F. A. Kemble as 'a grim-visaged, gaunt-figured, kind-hearted gentleman and profound scholar.' Publ.: A complete verbal Index to the Plays of Shakespeare d. aged 68 Cheltenham, [Gloucestershire], 1827:04:28 ( G. Mag 1827, I. 476; D.N.B. ) |