Philip Twisleton


Philip Twisleton of Drax Abbey, North Yorkshire was a colonel of a cavalry regiment in the New Model Army. He was knighted by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell on 1 February 1658.

Biography

Philip Twisleton was the son of John Twislkton, of Drax and Barley, Yorkshire, and of Horsmans Place in Dartford, and Margaret, daughter of William Constable.
Twisleton was a colonel of a horse regiment in the New Model Army, and was knighted by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell on 1 February 1658.

Family

Philip Twisleton married Ann, daughter of John Brograve of Hamells and Hannah, daughter of Sir Thomas Barnardiston. They had two sons: