HORACE

See also:

• HORACE TWISS (1787-1849)
• TWISS, SIR TRAVERS (1809-1897)

TWISS (1787-1849)  , English writer and politician, was born at Bath, being the son of Francis Twiss (176o-1827), a Shakespearian scholar who married Mrs Siddons's sister, Fanny Kemble, and whose brother Richard (1747—1821) made a name as a writer of travels . Horace Twiss had a pretty wit, and as a young man wrote light articles for the papers; and, A going to the bar, he obtained a considerable practice and became a K.C. in 1827 . In 182o he was elected to parliament, where, with some interruptions, he sat till 1841, holding the office of under-secretary for war and the colonies in 1828-183o . In 1844 he was appointed vice-chancellor of the duchy of Lan-caster, a well-paid post which enabled him to enjoy his popularity in London society . For some years he wrote for The Times, in which he first compiled the parliamentary summary, and his daughter married first Francis Bacon (d . 184o) and then J . T . Delane, both of them editors of that paper . He was the author of the Life (1844) of Lord Eldon, and other volumes . He died suddenly in London on the 4th of May 1849 .