Sir William Twysden, 3rd Baronet (11 December 1635 – 27 November 1697), of Roydon Hall in

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, was an English landowner and

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. He was the eldest son of

Sir Roger Twysden, 2nd Baronet Sir Roger Twysden, 2nd Baronet (21 August 1597 – 27 June 1672), of Roydon Hall near East Peckham in Kent, was an English historian and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1640. Life Twysden was the son ...

and Isabella Saunders, daughter of Sir Nicholas Saunders, and succeeded to the baronetcy on 27 June 1672. He entered Parliament in 1685 as member for

, and subsequently also represented Appleby, and was elected for

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although he never sat for the constituency. He married Frances Cross, daughter of Josiah Cross, and they had ten children including Sir Thomas Twysden, 4th Baronet (c. 1676–1712) and Sir William Twysden, 5th Baronet (1677–1751).

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Twysden genealogy
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