Philip Twells
{{Short description|British Conservative politician}}
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Lionel de Rothschild
George Goschen
William Lawrence
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John Hubbard
Robert Fowler
William Lawrence
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File:Philip Twells fountain.jpg
Philip Twells (1808 – 8 May 1880){{Rayment-hc|l|3|date=December 2017}} was a Conservative Party politician.
Life
He was the second son of John Twells and his wife Mary Line. He attended Charterhouse School, and matriculated in 1827 at Worcester College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1831, M.A. in 1833. He was a banker, and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1834.{{cite book|title=The Illustrated London News|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kpxQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA249|year=1874|publisher=Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited|page=249}}s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Twells, Philip
The family bank, set up by Matthias Attwood, traded as Spooner, Attwoods and Co. of Lombard Street. In 1863, the private bank Barclay, Bevan, Tritton and Co., precursor to the Barclay Group, took it over. At that point Twells became a partner in the enlarged concern.{{cite web|url=https://www.archive.barclays.com/items/show/5161|title=Spooner, Attwoods and Co, Lombard Street, Barclays Group Archives|accessdate=9 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.archive.barclays.com/items/show/5160|title=Barclay, Bevan, Tritton and Co., Barclays Group Archives|accessdate=9 January 2018}}
Twells first stood for election for City of London in 1868 but was unsuccessful. He was then elected for the constituency in 1874 but did not stand for re-election in 1880.{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}
Legacy
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Twells died leaving £300,000.{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/46210|title=Summary of Individual Philip Twells, Legacies of British Slave-ownership|accessdate=9 January 2018}} His widow Georgiana had the church of St Mary Magdalene, Enfield, built in his memory. It was designed by William Butterfield, and finished in 1883.{{cite web|url=http://www.londongardensonline.org/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=ENF039|title=St Mary Magdalene Church, Enfield, London Gardens Online|accessdate=9 January 2018}}
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Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:People educated at Charterhouse School
Category:Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford
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