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See also:HORACE See also:TWISS (1787-1849)
, See also:English writer and politician, was See also:born at See also:Bath, being the son of See also:Francis See also:Twiss (176o-1827), a Shakespearian See also:scholar who married Mrs See also:Siddons's See also:sister, Fanny See also:Kemble, and whose See also:brother See also:Richard (1747—1821) made a name as a writer of travels
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See also:Horace Twiss had a See also:pretty wit, and as a See also:young See also:man wrote See also:light articles for the papers; and,
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going to the See also:bar, he obtained a considerable practice and became a K.C. in 1827
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In 182o he was elected to See also:parliament, where, with some interruptions, he sat till 1841, holding the See also:office of under-secretary for See also:war and the colonies in 1828-183o
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In 1844 he was appointed See also:vice-See also:chancellor of the duchy of Lan-caster, a well-paid See also:post which enabled him to enjoy his popularity in See also:London society
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For some years he wrote for The Times, in which he first compiled the See also:parliamentary See also:summary, and his daughter married first Francis See also: |
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