Sir William Twysden, 3rd Baronet (11 December 1635 – 27 November 1697), of Roydon Hall in Kent

Kent

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, was an English landowner and Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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He was the eldest son of Sir Roger Twysden, 2nd Baronet

Sir Roger Twysden, 2nd Baronet

Sir Roger Twysden, 2nd Baronet , of Roydon Hall in Kent, was an English historian and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1640.-Life:...

, and succeeded to the baronetcy on 27 June 1672.

He entered Parliament in 1685 as member for Kent

Kent (UK Parliament constituency)

Kent was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Kent in southeast England. It returned two "knights of the shire" to the House of Commons by the bloc vote system from the year 1290...

, and subsequently also represented Appleby

Appleby (UK Parliament constituency)

Appleby was a parliamentary constituency in the former county of Westmorland in England. It existed for two separate periods: from 1295 to 1832, and from 1885 to 1918....

, and was elected for New Romney

New Romney (UK Parliament constituency)

New Romney was a parliamentary constituency in Kent, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1371 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act....

 although he never sat for the constituency.

He married Frances Cross, daughter of Josiah Cross, and they had ten children:

• Sir Thomas Twysden, 4th Baronet (c. 1676-1712)
• Sir William Twysden, 5th Baronet (d. 1751)
• Isabella Twysden, who married Richard Lybbe of Hardwicke
• Roger Twysden
• Charles Twysden
• Captain Heneage Twysden, who died at the Battle of Malplaquet
  Battle of Malplaquet
  The Battle of Malplaquet, fought on 11 September 1709, was one of the main battles of the War of the Spanish Succession, which opposed the Bourbons of France and Spain against an alliance whose major members were the Habsburg Monarchy, Great Britain, the United Provinces and the Kingdom of...
  
  in 1709
• John Twysden (d. 1707), a naval officer
• Josias Twysden (d. 1708)
• Anne Twysden (who died unmarried)
• Frances Twysden