Philip Twisleton, born c. 1616, died 13 June 1678, was a member of the landed gentry from North Yorkshire, who served as a colonel in the New Model Army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

Philip Twisleton was the son of John Twislkton, of Drax and Barley, Yorkshire, and of Horsmans Place in Dartford, and Margaret, daughter of William Constable.

[1] He had an elder brother, John (1614–1682), and a younger, George (1618–1667), who also served in the Parliamentarian army.

Twisleton was colonel of a cavalry regiment in the New Model Army,[2] and was knighted by Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector, on 1 February 1658.

This English biographical article related to the military is a stub.