Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC, styled as the Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was a British Army officer and politician. After serving at the Battle of Dettingen duri
Portrait attributed to Gilbert Stuart, c. 1786
Site of Fort Townshend in Newfoundland and Labrador
Townshend's second wife, Anne Montgomery, in 1802 by George Romney
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford by Nathaniel Dance,
Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend, known as The Lord Lynn from 1723 to 1738, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1723 when he was elevated to the House of Lor
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
…control over Ireland. He also served as Master-General of the Ordnance, first in the North Ministry and then in the Fox–North Coalition. Born the son of Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and Audrey Etheldreda Townshend (born Harrison), Townshend was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge. He joined the army as a…
Charles, 3rd Viscount Townshend, painting attributed to Thomas Hudson
Portrait of Ethelreda Harrison by Jean-Baptiste van Loo. n.d.