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Quintin Twiss

Quintin Twiss

English cricketer and actor

Quintin William Francis Twiss (13 March 1835 – 7 August 1900) was an English first-class cricketer and actor.

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Biography

The son of the politician Horace Twiss, he was born at Westminster in March 1835. Twiss was educated at Westminster School, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[1] While at Oxford he developed an interest in acting and was known to Lewis Carroll, three years his senior.[2] After graduating from Oxford, he became a clerk at the Treasury,[1] though he maintained his status as a well known amateur actor by performing in numerous stage productions.[3]

He appeared in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England against the Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex at Canterbury in 1857.[4] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Gentlemen of England's first-innings without scoring by South Norton, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 4 runs by the same bowler.[5]

Twiss died at Westminster on 7 August 1900, and was buried at Brompton Cemetery.[6][7] His extended family included his grandmother, the actress Frances Kemble, and his grandfather Francis Twiss.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Foster, Joseph (2016). Oxford Men & Their Colleges. Wentworth Press. p. 419. ISBN 978-1371813369.
  2. [2]
    Wakeling, Edward (2014). Lewis Carroll: The Man and his Circle. I. B.Tauris. p. 198. ISBN 978-1780768205.
  3. [3]
    "Col. de Bathe & Q. Twiss as Spoff & Puggs in the farce of "Shocking Events"". www.ricardophotoalbum.com. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  4. [4]
    "First-Class Matches played by Quintin Twiss". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex v Gentlemen of England, 1857". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Wills and Bequests". The Morning Post. 31 August 1900. p. 6. Retrieved 13 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. [7]
    "Death of Mr. Quintin Twiss, the Canterbury Old Stager". Whitstable Times. 11 August 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 13 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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