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Marquess Townshend / ˈ t aʊ n z ən d / is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain held by the Townshend family of Raynham Hall in Norfolk. The title was created in 1787 for George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend .
The Townshend family are an English aristocratic family headed by the Marquess Townshend. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Lord Townshend married Lady Anne Elizabeth Clementina Duff, daughter of James Duff, 5th Earl Fife, on 17 October 1865. Their children included: John James Dudley Stuart Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend (1866–1921) Lady Agnes Elizabeth Audrey Townshend (1870–1955), married James Cunningham-Durham and had issue; Lady Townshend died in 1925.
Born the son of Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and Audrey Etheldreda Townshend (born Harrison), [1] Townshend was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge. [2] He joined the army as a volunteer in Summer 1743 and first saw action at the Battle of Dettingen in June 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession . [ 3 ]
The title was again bestowed upon George Townshend, 17th Baron Ferrers of Chartley and 8th Baron Compton, eldest son and heir apparent of George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend, later the first Marquess Townshend. Townshend was a female-line great-great-great-grandson of Lady Lucy Sydney, daughter of the second Earl of the 1618 creation.
Arms of Townshend: Azure, a chevron ermine between three escallops argent. George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend, PC, FRS (18 April 1753 – 27 July 1811), known as The Lord Ferrers of Chartley from 1770 to 1784 and as The Earl of Leicester from 1784 to 1807, was a British peer and politician.
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC (24 February 1733 – 30 June 1800) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1783 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Sydney. He held several important Cabinet posts in the second half of the 18th century.
Anne Townshend, Marchioness Townshend (c. 1752 – 29 March 1819), [1] formerly Anne Montgomery, was a British courtier. She was the second wife of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, previously Viscount Townshend. She was the daughter of Sir William Montgomery, 1st Baronet (1717–1788), and his first wife, Hannah.