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Nowell Twopeny ca 1865
Thomas Nowell Twopeny or Twopenny (6 February 1819 – 3 November 1869) was a priest of the Church of England who was Archdeacon of Flinders in Australia.[ 1]
He was the eldest son of Thomas Nowell Twopenny of East Knoyle , Wiltshire. He was educated at Uppingham School and Oriel College, Oxford and was ordained in 1844.[ 2] He was Rector 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 Melrose mission in ca 1860.
Twopeny married Mathilde Anaïse Louis (or Lewis) on 22 October 1851, at St Matthew's Church, Jersey .[ 3] 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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All Saints', Petersham
All Saints Church, Canberra
All Souls', Leichhardt
St Andrew's, Roseville
St Barnabas, Broadway
Christ Church, Rouse Hill
Christ Church, Springwood
Christ Church, St Laurence
Church by the Bridge
St Clement's, Mosman
Garrison Church
Holy Innocents, Rossmore
Holy Trinity, Kelso
St James', Sydney
St James', Morpeth
St John the Baptist, Ashfield
St John the Evangelist, Darlinghurst
St John the Evangelist, Newcastle
St John the Evangelist, Wentworth
St John the Baptist, Reid
St John's, Camden
St John's, Wilberforce
St Jude's, Randwick
St Luke's, Liverpool
St Mark's, Darling Point
St Mary's the Virgin, Maitland
St Mary's, Waverley
St Matthew's, Windsor
St Michael's, Surry Hills
Narellan
Naremburn Cammeray
St Paul's, Burwood
St Paul's, Castle Hill
St Peter's, St Peters
St Peter's, Richmond
St Philip's, Kingswood
St Philip's, Sydney
St Stephen's, Newtown
St Thomas', Mulgoa
St Thomas', North Sydney
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All Saints, Brisbane
All Saints, Darnley Island
All Saints, Tamrookum
All Saints, Yandilla
Christ Church, St Lawrence
Christ Church, Childers
Christ Church, Milton
Christ Church, Tingalpa
Holy Trinity, Fortitude Valley
Holy Trinity, Herberton
Holy Trinity, Mackay
Holy Trinity, Saibai Island
Holy Trinity, Woolloongabba
Old Bishopsbourne Chapel
Old St Mark's, Slacks Creek
Shepherd Memorial Church of St Peter, Proston
St Agnes, Esk
St Andrew's, Ormiston
St Andrew's, South Brisbane
St Andrew's, Toogoolawah
St Anne's, Jondaryan
St Augustine's, Leyburn
St David's, Allora
St David's, Mossman
St Denys
St George's, Beenleigh
St James, Toowoomba
St John the Baptist, Bulimba
St John the Baptist, Richmond
St John's, Dalby
St John's, South Townsville
St John's, Mundoolun
St John's, Rockhampton
St Luke's, Boyne Island
St Luke's, Toowoomba
St Mark's, Rockhampton
St Mark's, Dunwich
St Mark's, Warwick
St Mary's, Kangaroo Point
St Mary's, Mount Morgan
St Matthew's, Drayton
St Michael and All Angels, Kingaroy
St Paul's, Cleveland
St Paul's, East Brisbane
St Paul's, Ipswich
St Paul's, Maryborough
St Paul's, Proserpine
St Saviour's, South Johnstone
St Thomas', Toowong
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