page_title: Thomas Twisleton
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Twisleton / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Charlotte Twisleton (c.1770–1812) (formerly Charlotte Anne Frances Wattrell), first wife of Thomas Twisleton, later married to Thomas Sandon, English actress.
context_page_description: The Hon. Thomas James Twisleton was an English churchman, Archdeacon of Colombo from 1815 to 1824. His early marriage has been considered a contribution to the use by Jane Austen of amateur theatricals as a plot device in her novel Mansfield Park. He was also noted as an amateur cricketer.
context_section_description: Twisleton's first marriage was at age 18 or 19, the result of an elopement with the heiress Charlotte Anne Frances Wattrell. In May 1788, they had played together in an amateur performance, of Julia by Robert Jephson, at Freemasons' Hall, London, as Mentevole and Julia; and in September of that year ran away and were married in Scotland. Twisleton already had acting experience, in theatricals at Adlestrop House, and the couple performed together, there and elsewhere, for a year or so, attracting public attention. A son was born to Charlotte on 5 June 1790. Surviving issue of the marriage was the daughter Julia Eliza (1789–1832), who married Captain James Brown in 1808.
  A change of heart by Twisleton about acting with his wife, in early 1794, precipitated a change of direction in his life, involving taking an Oxford degree, and preparing for the Church. He experienced money problems, they separated, and were divorced in 1798.
  Twisleton's second wife, whom he married in 1798, was Anne Ashe (died 1847), daughter of Benjamin Ashe of the East India Company. Their children included:
  Frederick Fiennes, 16th Baron Saye and Sele
  Charles Samuel Twisleton (1806–1890), cleric, married Caroline Carr (1799–1873), daughter of Ralph Carr (1768–1837) and his wife Caroline Gregg, daughter of Francis Gregg MP.
  Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton, youngest son.
  Mary Elizabeth, married in 1818 William Gisborne, of the Ceylon Civil Service, third son of Thomas Gisborne and his wife Mary Babington.
caption: Charlotte Twisleton
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