Thomas Nowell Twopeny or Twopenny (6 February 1819 – 3 November 1869) was a priest of the Church of England who was

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of Flinders in Australia. He was the eldest son of Thomas Nowell Twopenny of East Knoyle, Wiltshire. He was educated at Uppingham School and

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and was ordained in 1844. He was

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of Little Casterton, Rutland, from 1844 (succeeding his grandfather Rev. Richard Twopeny, rector 1781–1843), then in 1859 of South Weston, Oxfordshire, before going out to Australia with the

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mission in ca 1860. Twopeny married Mathilde Anaïse Louis (or Lewis) on 22 October 1851, at St Matthew's Church, Jersey. His sons, born in Little Casterton, Edward Nowell Twopeny and Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny were prominent in Australia. A stained glass window by William Wailes was erected in his memory in the chapel of St Peter's College, Adelaide in 1872.

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19th-century English Anglican priests Archdeacons of Flinders People educated at Uppingham School Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford 1819 births 1869 deaths People from Wiltshire People from Little Casterton {{Australia-reli-bio-stub