Philip Twysden


Philip Twysden
Lord Bishop of Raphoe
ChurchChurch of Ireland
ProvinceArmagh
DioceseRaphoe
In office1747–1752
PredecessorWilliam Barnard
SuccessorRobert Downes
Orders
Consecration29 March 1747
Personal details
Born7 September 1713
Died2 November 1752
London
BuriedSt Michael's Church, East Peckham
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsSir William Twysden, 5th Baronet, and Jane Twisden
Spouse(1) Mary Purcell
(2) Frances Carter
Children2, including Frances, Countess of Jersey
Alma materUniversity College, Oxford

Philip Twysden (1713–1752), was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of Ireland as Lord Bishop of Raphoe from 1747 to 1752. The circumstances of his death later became the subject of scandalous rumour.