Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton
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Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton (born 24 May 1809,
Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
) was a British
Poor Law Commissioner The Poor Law Commission was a body established to administer poor relief after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. The commission was made up of three commissioners who became known as "The Bashaws of Somerset House", their secretary a ...
between 1845 and 1847. The son of Thomas Twisleton, he lost his role when the Poor Law Commission was abolished and replaced with a Poor Law Board. Twisleton died at
Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the ...
, France, on 5 October 1874 and is buried at Broughton churchyard in Oxfordshire.


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1809 births 1874 deaths Burials in Oxfordshire British social welfare officials Presidents of the Oxford Union {{UK-gov-bio-stub