Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) Thu 3 Mar 1932101293

MR. E. N. TWOPENY
Mr. Edward Nowell Twopeny, who
died at Quorn on February 17, was the
eldest son of the late Archdeacon Two-
peny, and was born at Little Caster-
ton rectory, England in 1854. At the
age of six years he arrived in South
Australia with his parents. He was
educated at St. Peters College, where
he won the first cup presented for
sports in 1871. At the age of 17 he
obtained employment with Messrs.
Grant and Stokes on Coonatta Sta-
tion, subsequently becoming manager.
On the sale of the station in 1903, he
purchased a property in the Hundred
of Palmer, near Quorn. In 1880 Mr.
Twopeny married the second
daughter of Mr. W. Bourne, of Bool-
cunda, and had a family of eight
children. Two of his sons enlisted in
1914, and one of them was killed in
France. The other was awarded the
Military Cross and bar. Mr. Twopeny
was made a justice of the peace in
1878, and had been a member of the
Justices Association since its inception.
He was for 15 years chairman of the
District Council of Hammond, and had
served for more than 20 years in the
Kanyaka District Council, of which
he was chairman at the time of his
death. He had always taken a keen
interest in sport, and for many years
acted as judge at most of the local
race meetings. He was a life mem-
ber of the Quorn Jockey Club, and
acted as judge for 25 years, and lat-
terly held the position of president.
For many years he had been Presi-
dent of the Royal Northern A.H. and
F. Society, and was a consistent ex-
hibitor at its shows. He was a mem-
ber of the Quorn High School commit-
tee and of the local institute commit-
tee, of which he was chairman for
some time. Mr. Twopeny had always
been closely associated with the Church
of England in the district, particularly
with St. Andrew's, Hammond, and St.
Matthew's, Quorn. He was the donor
of the present challenge cup of the
Quorn Tennis Association tournament.
Politics always appealed strongly to
him, and when the Farmers and Pro-
ducers' Union was formed he became
the first district secretary. On the
formation of the Liberal Union he
became district secretary for New
castle, and later succeeded Mr. McColl
as president, as well as secretary of
the Quorn branch. In 1917, at a by-
election, he was returned as one of
the members for Newcastle, but failed
to secure re-election at the general
election the following year. He leaves
a widow, two sons and five daughters
—Mr. E. N. Twopeny, of Quorn; Mr.
R. N. Twopeny, of Aldgate; Mrs. Lewis
Tapley, of Port Lincoln; Misses Flor-
ence and Mary Twopeny, of Adelaide;
and Misses Ethel and Ruby Twopeny,
of Quorn.