Sir William Twysden, 3rd Baronet

Sir William Twysden, 3rd Baronet (11 December, 1635-27 November, 1697), of Roydon Hall in Kent was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.

He was the eldest son of Sir Roger Twysden, 2nd Baronet, and succeeded to the baronetcy on 27 June 1672.

He entered Parliament in 1685 as member for Kent, and subsequently also represented Appleby, and was elected for New Romney 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 in 1709
* John Twysden (d. 1707), a naval officer
* Josias Twysden (d. 1708)
* Anne Twysden (who died unmarried)
* Frances Twysden

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* [http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/tt/twysden1.htm Twysden genealogy]