Henry Hare, 3rd Baron Coleraine, FRS, FSA was an English antiquary, peer and politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1730 to 1734, representing the constituency of Boston.
Henry Hare, 3rd Baron Coleraine
James Townsend was a British Whig politician who served as the Lord Mayor of London in 1772. He was Britain's first member of parliament of partial Black African descent.
Henry Hare, 3rd Baron Coleraine
…to this illegitimate daughter; but she being an alien they escheated to the crown. A grant of them was later obtained via a private act of Parliament, Lord Coleraine's Estate Act 1763 (3 Geo. 3. c. 45 Pr.), for James Townsend, whom she married on 2 May 1763. Lady Coleraine survived until 10 January 1754, and asked to be buried at…
James Townsend (centre) in 1769 as alderman of the City of London.
Satirical print from 1773 about the schism in the Wilkesite group. Townsend is upper right whipping the girl with sticks: a story to this effect had been publicised by Wilkes, though in reality it was two six-year-olds. The bull stands for Frederick Bull.
Bruce Castle, Tottenham, James Townsend's estate. He redesigned the east façade, depicted here.