The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-23

was a Lieutenant of the royaI 49,
bnsLliaed from his ship. no was nnrsed
house OF Si H4i'a XIII neq yl at h
amp 5 gunner, Chat is 10 say, 3 VA
In iov ONSET al Portsea, and failing
snarrisd her. "e H( aEe ismf dlsus Msa Mary.
immensely proud OF their ance Nete
asnihs AS II did from Adam d. Twy
Twv. who possessed the estate Of
EiaEard !, were beside ,hemselyps n.iIh
8 hation al this mesall!ancc. wonid
ana .tsIrd II as q marriage al ali,
g do with william. AIin in more
uoier settled the family estates ~
sncn a fashion as TO exclude Mo senn
chtidrson Miiiiafn. and the ~latter's
Kirk. - 'Aton win Mary
The eldest and unmarried son 81
~ Roger predeccased hin, and ST..
700; ail Lieutenant William Twisden
iatier.s son .nheriting the b~sronAinS9
aho the eonstdere bile estates. ihese
went. by Sir Rogers act Of resettIn,
Papiilon f fIS own Youngest son. John
title: . bequest OF 5000 be eiIe inc
ever. LETT to the iieutenant.s eI4est
ooy: VINO was described in the wIiINas
mar A san nat Is to say. iilegtti-
This boy. who was chr,stened John
sHhuS u up TO the navy, and was
he wv . y ths evidence produced at.
OF much financial assistance ie an p !
part OF his uncle, Sir John Pantlion
iInr isGen, VINO evidently was endeavor-
70 be his wrongful possession OF
p~aronetcy and estates. He also ,afI
nim a handsome bcauest at his death.
sn oonn papillon Twlsden's own son
Hnetcy and estates, and died in 1871.
teaSing a married daughter, 10 whom
ne neqneathed the entire property.
become extinct through his demise
It was this title that in the faii Of
tsoo formed the subject of a suit
T p,GaSne BY the Rev. John Francis
MS aged aunt, Miss Emily Twisden.
me latter a granddaughter OF that
n na william Twisden who mar
she was n%ominally the chief party 10
the suit, since the application to the
foutts %a5 not for the ~baronetcy. but
ton OF the legitimacy OF her father.
me latter once established, the bar
onctcy went OF Its own nccord to her
eiefrsynan nephew; but Of course with
presiding judge found In favor of the
petitioners. For although all efforts
iaiied TO discover the actual certih-
OF tho g%unner's daughter, yet tho Cir
cumstantial evidence that the couple
were duly married was OF such an
overwhelming and abundant charac-
ter.sas to carry conviction that they
were legally man and wife. The i'm
preston that they were not married
seems to have originated with the re-
f,isal of the Twisden family to recog-
nize the gunner's daughter as Williams
wife. on the ground of her humble
extraction; while he was In such i'm
poverished circumstances, and so bed
ridden. that no was unable to make
nnv fight for his rights. M
The trial was of the most interest
ing description. and entaiied the pro
d%iiction and the reading In court OF
all sorts of family correspondence or
the Twlsdens. dating from a period
prior to the American War Of Indc-
pendence. Old Miss Emily Twisden
died six months later. having lived
just long enough to act as principal
in the suit. Without her assistance,
her nephew, the clergyman. the present
holdertof the ~baronetcy. could not, ac-
cording to the peculiar provisions Of
English law. have esta blished his
rights thereto.
Copyright, 1911, by the Brentwood
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