William Hamilton Twemlow
General information▶Date of birth: 31 October 1801 Place of birth: Liverpool, Lancashire ▶Father: Thomas Twemlow Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton ▶Spouse(s): Ellen Hordern Date(s) of marriage: 19 September 1826 Place(s) of marriage: Rostherne, Cheshire ▶Occupation: Clergyman (Anglican) ▶Lifestory: The Revd. William Hamilton Twemlow lived for most of his life in parishes in Lancashire and Cheshire; a reasonably wealthy man, he moved towards the more clement climate of the south of the country as he grew older. Twemlow was born in Liverpool in 1801, the eldest son of merchant Thomas Twemlow, and his wife Elizabeth (née Hamilton). He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1819, BA 1823, MA 1825. Towards the end of his time at university he was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn, in 1822, but was not called to the bar but took holy orders and was ordained Deacon (Lincoln) in 1825, and Priest (Chester) in 1826. In 1825 he was licensed Curate of Tarleton, Lancashire, and by 1826 had become Incumbent of High Legh in Cheshire. In that year married Ellen, only daughter of Joseph Hordern, Vicar of Rostherne, Cheshire, whose family originally came from Ayrshire; they had one son and three daughters. In 1831 he became Curate at Rochdale, Lancashire, and in 1832 he was appointed one of the Surrogates of the Chancellor of the diocese of Chester for the probate of wills and granting marriage licences at Rochdale. He lived in Cheltenham in the mid 1830s, and in 1836 resided on a short lease at 2 Portland Square, Pittville, when he took out a subscription for three months to admit him to the Walks in Pittville Gardens. In 1836 and 1837 he is listed as living in Stanton, Gloucestershire, and leasing out the family estate at Arclid, Cheshire (which he eventually sold in 1874). Later in 1837 he lived in Shirley, west of Derby, when he addressed a County Sabbath Society meeting at nearby Longford. He moved further south with his family when he was appointed Curate of Babcary, in Somerset by 1843 and two years later he was appointed Rector of the village church. Evidence of his further interests comes from that fact that he was listed as someone willing to give a reference of suitability to Edward and Charles Keller’s Classical School in Zurich. He officiated at Babcary (valued at £454 a year) for fifteen years, until 1860, during which time he addressed numerous issues in the village, including “a ruinous Parsonage House, no school, a church encumbered with cheap provisions for seating a congregation”, as well as serving the parish very well in a pastoral nature; when he left he remained the church’s Patron. In 1864 he was appointed Curate of Haydon in Dorset, perhaps looking for a quieter life. By 1871 he lived with his wife in Southampton, no longer having “cure of souls”. He moved again before his death to Leamington Spa, where he died at his home, Egerton Lodge, in 1879, at the age of seventy-seven. His estate at death was valued at under £25,000. ▶Moved to Pittville from: Rochdale Moved from Pittville to: Stanton, Gloucestershire ▶Date of death: 9 April 1879 Place of death: Egerton Lodge, Leamington Spa ▶Date of burial: Place of burial: ▶Notes: ID: 19512 Contributor(s): John Simpson
Found no family members on the Pittville History Works Database (based on “relation to head” in the 1841-1911 census records and 1939 register records) |