See also:

• SIR

SIR TRAVERS See also:

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

TWISS (1809-1897)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English jurist, eldest son of the Rev . See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

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

Twiss, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 19th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1809 . At University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, he obtained a first-class in See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics and a second in See also:

• CLASSICS

classics in 183o, and was elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of his college, of which he was after-wards successively See also:

• BURSAR (Med. Lat. bursarius)

bursar, See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean and See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor . During his connexion with Oxford he was, inter alia, a public examiner in classics and mathematics, See also:

• DRUMMOND, HENRY (1786-r86o)
• DRUMMOND, HENRY (1851-1897)
• DRUMMOND, THOMAS (r797-1840)
• DRUMMOND, WILLIAM (1585-1649)

Drummond See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• ECONOMY

economy (1842), and regius professor of See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law (1855) . After he had forfeited his fellowship by See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage, he was elected to an honorary fellowship of University College . He published while at Oxford an See also:

• EPITOME
• EPITOME (Gr. lircroui, from isrLTEµveW, to cut short)

epitome of See also:

• NIEBUHR, BARTHOLD GEORG (1776–1831)
• NIEBUHR, KARSTEN (1733-1815)

Niebuhr's See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, an annotated edition of See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy and other See also:

• WORKS

works, but his studies mainly See also:

• LAY

lay in the direction of political economy, law, chiefly See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international law, and international politics . In 1840 he was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar at See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn, and became an See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate at Doctors' See also:

• COMMONS

Commons . In the ecclesiastical courts he enjoyed a large practice, and filled many of the appointments incidental thereto, such as See also:

• COMMISSARY (from Med. Lat. commissaries, one to whom a charge or trust is committed)

commissary-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of Canter-See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

bury (1849), See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar-general to the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop (1852) and See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the diocese of London (1858) . He was professor of international law at See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's College, London (1852-1855) . In 1858, when the See also:

• PROBATE

Probate and See also:

• DIVORCE

Divorce Acts of 1857 came into force, and the ecclesiastical See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction of Doctors' Commons had passed away, Twiss, like many other leading See also:

• ADVOCATES, FACULTY OF

advocates of Doctors' Commons, became a Q.C., and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year he was also elected a bencher of his Inn . His successful career continued in the civil courts, and in addition to his large practice he was appointed in 1862 advocate-general to the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty, and in 1867 See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen's advocate-general . In 1867 he was also knighted .

He served during his legal career upon a See also:

• GREAT

great number of royal commissions, such as the See also:

• MAYNOOTH

Maynooth See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in 1854, and others dealing with marriage law, See also:

• NEUTRALITY

neutrality, See also:

• NATURALIZATION

naturalization and See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance . His reputation abroad led to his being invited by the king of the Belgians in 1884 to draw up the constitution of the See also:

• CONGO

Congo See also:

• FREE

Free See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State . In 1871 Twiss became involved in an unpleasant See also:

• SCANDAL

scandal, occasioned by allegations against the ante-nuptial conduct of his wife, whom he had married in 1862; and he threw up all his appointments and lived in retirement in London until his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 14th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1897, devoting himself to the study of international law and kindred topics . Among his more notable publications of this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period were The Law of Nations in See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

Peace and The Law of Nations in See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, two works by which his reputation as a jurist will chiefly endure .