Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Twiss, (Sir) Travers
Twiss, (Sir) Travers, 1s. Robert, of St. George's, London, doctor. University Coll., matric. 5 April, 1826, aged 17; scholar 1827-30, B.A. 1830, fellow 1830-63, M.A. 1832, B.C.L. (by commutation) 1835, D.C.L. 1841, hon. fellow 1864, bursar 1835, tutor 1836-43, dean 1837, Drummond professor of political economy 1842-7, regius professor of civil law 1855-70, F.R.S. 1838, bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1840, Q.C. and a bencher 1858, an advocate Doctors' Commons 1841, professor of international law, King's College, London, 1852-5, commissary-general province of Canterbury 1849-52, vicar-general 1852-72, chancellor diocese of London 1858-72, advocate-general Admiralty 1862-71, Queen's advocate-general 1867-72, knighted 4 Nov., 1867. See Foster's Men at the Bar.