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See also: English jurist, eldest son of the Rev
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Robert Twiss, was See also: born in See also: London on the 19th of See also: March 1809
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At University
See also: College, See also: Oxford, he obtained a first-class in See also: mathematics and a second in See also: classics in 183o, and was elected a See also: fellow of his college, of which he was after-wards successively See also: bursar, dean and tutor
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During his connexion with Oxford he was, inter alia, a public examiner in classics and mathematics, See also: Drummond professor of See also: political See also: economy (1842), and regius professor of See also: civil See also: law (1855)
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After he had forfeited his fellowship by See also: marriage, he was elected to an honorary fellowship of University College
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He published while at Oxford an epitome of Niebuhr's See also: History of See also: Rome, an annotated edition of See also: Livy and other See also: works, but his studies mainly See also: lay in the direction of political economy, law, chiefly See also: international law, and international politics
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In 1840 he was called to the See also: bar at Lincoln's See also: Inn, and became an advocate at Doctors' See also: Commons
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In the ecclesiastical courts he enjoyed a large practice, and filled many of the appointments incidental thereto, such as commissary-general of the city and diocese of Canter-See also: bury (1849), See also: vicar-general to the archbishop (1852) and chancellor of the diocese of London (1858)
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He was professor of international law at See also: King's College, London (1852-1855)
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In 1858, when the
See also: Probate and See also: Divorce Acts of 1857 came into force, and the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Doctors' Commons had passed away, Twiss, like many other leading See also: advocates of Doctors' Commons, became a Q.C., and in the same See also: year he was also elected a bencher of his Inn
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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, and in 1867 See also: queen's advocate-general
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In 1867 he was also knighted
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He served during his legal career upon a See also: great number of royal commissions, such as the See also: Maynooth commission in 1854, and others dealing with marriage law, See also: neutrality, See also: naturalization and allegiance
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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 See also: Free See also: State
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In 1871 Twiss became involved in an unpleasant See also: 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 on the 14th of See also: January 1897, devoting himself to the study of international law and kindred topics
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Among his more notable publications of this See also: period were The Law of Nations in See also: Peace and The Law of Nations in War, two works by which his reputation as a jurist will chiefly endure
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