New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
An EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ROMANCE.

-e every reader of Thackeray the name Of Twys-
esh which be gave TO his Commissioner Of the
toEaer and Pomatum Office" VIII sound quite
.HliAsr- Yet 1t is not imaginary name. Far
--en Il II is borne by a bsronet OF ancient I'm
@ss whose dignity is one OF the earliest created.
oslhg as ii does from 1911, when It was bestowed
= hHg James or a knight Of the name Of Sir
imam INysdcn. Of Roydon Hail. who had
s-Osa TIE monarch from Scotland 10 London when
e@He south 10 assume Posse ssion of the throne
: .ngand Sir William had sons. being sue
1'a N MS 5aronetcy by Roger, from whom Sir
- ..-s IEysden the present and ninth baronet OF
" me IS descended. Sir Williams second son.
mas ~ narne became one Of the judges Of the
- U kings Bench and received in hi. turn A
,le'sy from Charles H. shortly after the lat
ss'oraiion II IS that baTcnetcy. which is de-
- - burke's Peerage'' and in other standard
II u reference as having become extinct in
rzs.-Du Du i4ss been forming the subject of some
g. interesting litigation in the English courts
~ ue lat few weeks
es,~sesion has served TO disclose an eighteenth
Co. loinsAoe- At the beginning Of the reign OF
IA, -. .l this second OF the Twysden baronetcies
asr. - -, oy Sir Roger Twisden. who spelled his
n. - a"h an s. instead OF a Y" and who was
- am Of IFS line lie had three yons the second
ban william, a lieutenant OF the royal
te -Nssiaec from his ship, he was nursed back
fhs ss-euFe health at the house of Mrs Kirk
war;. OF ships gunner-that is to say a
with h.. -e'-at Fortsea, and, falling IN love
argn pretty daughter Mary, married her. His
vas hiNea was immensely proud of its ancestry.
ana. - Nseif with Indignation at this mesalli-
dse,,s 1io m not regard il as a marriage at all and
II ts., = nave anything more to do with William
sscb . =. oi hoger resettied the family estates IN
ian 49, -SAion as 10 exclude his second son. VIII
Mary Kirk chlidren by bis union with
csas.s - and unmarried son Of Sir Roger prede-
-. M Al ]
Il. - Sut instead Of tho latter,s son tnbert,,,,
sttv r.. and the considerable estates the prop
ycunxs.- % s'r Rogers act Of resettlement To his
he tlr,s IN 'ohn Papillion Twisden, who assumed
ie lie 'eqoest OF s. coo being. however. left
as a -sei@nts eldest boy who was described
This han mat is 10 say illegitirnaie. SON.
p 10 NJ o no Wa christened John. was brought
oneed - -, =, ana is shown by the evidence pro-
sssistsr.s 'een the recipient of much financial
don TVisa, u,e part Of his uncle Sir John Papil-
By 10 a.. ~Ao evidently was endeayoring there
foSsession =. :. Ehat he knew 10 be his wrongful
tlto ltt; hsr, haronetcy snd Of the estates He
kiF sebr p, = handsome bequest at his death
eteded "a a. : own son and namesake sue
-til lss.s "ononetcy ami estates and died in
eussIhsd - Z married daughter 10 whom he be-
hsyiag b.oos estates. the tit!s being regarded as
'alk fits ~. extinct through his demise II is
slit b,,,.,sh has been made the basis OF
Gen. Of nrasa ny the Rev John Francis Twis-
Mas Enn.lv .r,fn' Kent, and by his aged aunt.
NJ Lielsers,. '.ht' fh' who f. the granddaughter OF
SINNERS cs,,.t " Ailsan TS'iAden who married the
-s psrty l. - indeed. she is nominally the
Nfss is ne, s saii, since TIE application 10 the
sfsl.op ara IN. eNs baronetcy. hut for the judicial
saitson CT the legitimacy of her