A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Twiss, Robert Walpole
TWISS. (Commander, 1846.)
Robert Walpole Twiss entered the Navy 8 June, 1810; passed his examination in 1818; and was made Lieutenant, 1 March, 1829, into the Weazle 10, Capt. Chas. Basden, on the Mediterranean station, whence he returned to England and was paid off in 1830. He was employed in the Coast Guard from 19 June, 1833, until the early part of 1835; and as Second and First-Lieutenant in the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Codrington, Sir Chas. Rowley, and Sir Chas. Ogle, from 16 Nov. 1842 until advanced to his present rank, 4 May, 1846. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Twiss married, in March, 1834, Sophia, daughter of ___ Friend, Esq., formerly of Ramsgate.