Born Newbury of German parents and worked there briefly. 1643 appointed Prolocutor of the Westminster Assembly, effectively head of the church. Buried Westminster Abbey.
When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwell and his supporters, including Twiss, and their reburial in an unmarked pit in St Margaret's churchyard, Westminster.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Dr William Twiss
When Charles II was restored to the throne he issued Royal Warrant, dated 9 S...
From Gloucestershire, a distant relation of Oliver Cromwell. Supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. He was a General at Sea, major-general. One of the Commissioners for Charles...
Radical. Born Stirlingshire, Scotland. Came to London in 1774. 1792 co-founded the London Corresponding Society, a group advocating wider suffrage and parliamentary reform. Presecuted for high ...
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.
Born Stockton-on-Tees. 'Brass' was his mother's family name. Lord Mayor of London. Lived in Essex Street. The obelisk at St George's Circus names Crosby since it was during his mayoralty that the n...
Westminster Councillor. Married to Mair Garside. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly investigated this man: Hugh Gervais Garside was born on 18 August 1928 the son of Robert Ollerenshaw Garside ...