Nowell Twopeny


Thomas Nowell Twopeny or Twopenny was a priest of the Church of England who was Archdeacon of Flinders in Australia.
He was the eldest son of Thomas Nowell Twopenny of East Knoyle, Wiltshire. He was educated at Uppingham School and Oriel College, Oxford and was ordained in 1844. He was Rector of Little Casterton, Rutland, from 1844, then in 1859 of South Weston, Oxfordshire, before going out to Australia with the Melrose mission in ca 1860.
Twopeny married Mathilde Anaïse Louis on 22 October 1851, at St Matthew's Church, Jersey. His sons, born in Little Casterton, Edward Nowell Twopeny and Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny were prominent in Australia.
A stained glass window by William Wailes was erected in his memory in the chapel of St Peter's College, Adelaide in 1872.