TOWNSHEND, The Most Honourable 8th Marquess of 1945-2025
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From the Telegraph of 28 Nov 2025: TOWNSHEND Charles George, 8th Marquess Townshend. Died at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, on November 20th aged 80 years. Beloved husband, father, brother and grandfather.
He was s of 7th Marquess of TOWNSHEND 1916-2010 and his 1st w Elizabeth Pamela Audrey 1915-89 (Lady Gault) d of Lt-Col Thomas LUBY 1882-1954 by his 2 Oct 1911 m (Calcutta) to Hilda Mabel MACKENZIE 1891-1974. He m 1st 1975 as her 2nd h Hermione 1945-85 only child of Lt-Cdr Robert Martin Dominic PONSONBY 1911-95 (2xgt gs of 4th Earl of BESSBOROUGH 1781-1847, etc etc) and as her 2nd h Dorothy Edith Jane 1913-94 d of John Henry Hervey Vincent LANE 1867-1917 sometime head of that gentry family f/o King’s Bromley (and gt gs of 2nd Baron BAGOT 1773-1856, etc etc) and Hon Grace Louisa EDWARDES 1872-1957 d of 4th Baron KENSINGTON 1835-96 and Grace Elizabeth d 1910 d of Robert JOHNSTONE DOUGLAS 1814-66 (gs of Sir William DOUGLAS 4th Bt c1730-1783 who was f of 6th Marquess of Queensberry) by his cousin & wife a d of 6th Marquess of QUEENSBERRY 1777-1837, etc etc, and had a dau and a son, who succeeds him. He m 2nd 1990 as her 2nd h Alison d of Sir Willis Ide COMBS KCVO CMG 1916-94 and Grace WILLIS 1913-2008.
THOMAS CHARLES Townshend 9th Marquess of TOWNSHEND has yet to establish his claim b 2 Nov 1977: m 2011 Octavia Christina b 1980 middle d of Christopher David LEGGE b 1943 reg Q4 Dorset and Sarah Gilmour b 1948 d of Maj Philip Donald Howitt MARSHALL 1915-96 and Doris Pamela Yvonne 1914-2008 d of Lt Douglas GILMOUR 1889-ka1916 (s of Sir John GILMOUR 1st Bt 1845-1920 of Lundin & Montrave) and Doris Hyacinth HOOKER 1889-1977, had issue.
SON LIVING
RAFE THOMAS [Viscount Raynham] b 7 April 2014
DAUGHTER LIVING
Lady Hermione Sarah b 2016
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Thomas Charles Townshend, 9th Marquess Townshend, 12th Viscount Townshend, 12th Baron Townshend and 14th Bt; b 2 Nov 1977; suc f 20 Nov 2025; Chartered Surveyor 2005; mar 15 Apr 2011, ●Octavia Christina (b 1982), 2nd dau of ●Christopher David Legge (b 1943), by ●Sarah (b 1948), dau of Maj Philip Donald Howitt Marshall (b 1915; d 1996), and has issue,
1. +Rafe Thomas, styled Viscount Raynham; b 7 Apr 2014.
2. ●Lady Hermione Sarah; b 2016.
Lineage: John Townshend, of Raynham, Norfolk; d 1465, leaving a s,
Sir Roger Townshend Kt (1484), SL (1478), MP; b ca 1420s; MP: Bramber 1467, Calne 1472; King’s Serjeant 1483; 3rd Justice of CP 1484; mar Eleanor, dau of William Lunsford, of Battle, Sussex, by Thomasine Barrington (mar 2ndly, Philip Sidney, of Penshurst, Kent, see DE LISLE, V; mar 3rdly, John Hopton); d on or aft 14 Aug 1493, leaving 2 ygr s and 3 dau (who mar respectively (1) Philip Cressner; (2) Ralph Castell, of Raveningham, see BACON of Redgrave, Bt, and (3) Sir Thomas Wodehouse, see KIMBERLEY, E),
Sir Roger Townshend Kt (1518), MP, of Raynham; b 1477; High Sheriff of Norfolk 1511-12, 1518-19; MP for Norfolk 1529, 1542; mar Anne/Amy (d 25 July 1551), dau and cohrss of William de Brewse, of Wenham Hall, Suffolk and Stinton Hall, Norfolk; d 10 May 1552 at Raynham, leaving issue,
3. John (see below).
4. Sir Robert; LCJ of Chester; mar 1516, Alice, dau and hrss of Robert Poppy, of Twyford, Norfolk; dvp 8 Feb 1556/66, leaving with an eldest s,
4.1. Thomas, of Mergate Hall, Bracon Ash, Norfolk; mar Elizabeth Periante, widow of Sir Humphrey Styles, and was ancestor of the Townshend family, of Salop.
5. Sir George.
6. Sir Roger.
7. Sir Thomas, of Testerton, Norfolk; mar 1stly, Anne, dau of Richard Southwell, of St Faith, Norfolk; mar 2ndly, Elizabeth, dau of John Calybut (see WALPOLE, B); d by 21 Nov 1573.
8. Sir Giles; d 1552.
9. Katherine; mar Sir Henry Bedingfield (see PASTON-BEDINGFIELD of Oxburgh Hall, Bt).
10. Susan; mar Sir Edmund Windham, and had issue.
The eldest s,
John Townshend, of Brampton, Suffolk; mar Eleanor, dau of Sir John Heydon KB, of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk; dvp, leaving an eldest s,
Richard Townshend; mar Catherine (mar 2ndly, Sir William Roper), dau and cohrss of Sir Humphrey Browne, of Ridley Hall, Terling, Essex, Judge of CP; d by 12 Feb 1544/45, leaving an only s,
Sir Roger Townshend Kt (1588 following services against the Spanish Armada), of Raynham; mar Jane (mar 2ndly 9 March 1597/97, Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley (b posthumously 26 Nov 1534; d 26 Nov 1613; see BERKELEY, B), yst dau of Sir Michael Stanhope; bur 30 June 1590, leaving an eldest s,
Sir John Townshend Kt (1596 at the Siege of Cadiz), MP for Norfolk; mar Anne, eldest dau and cohrss of Sir Nathaniel Bacon KB (see BACON of Redgrave, Bt); k 2 Aug 1603 in a duel with Sir Matthew Browne, leaving an elder s,
Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Bt, of Raynham, Norfolk [E] (so cr 16 Apr 1617); MP: Oxford 1621-22, Norfolk 1628-29; mar 1628, Hon Mary (mar 2ndly 21 June 1638, Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, qv), 2nd dau and cohrss of Horatio de Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury (see ST ALBANS, D); d 1 Jan 1636/37, leaving issue,
1. Roger, later 2nd Bt (see below).
2. Horatio, later 1st Viscount Townshend (see below).
3. Mary; mar May 1650 as his 1st w, Thomas Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe of Stene (dspms 30 Nov 1697); dspms 4 July 1668.
4. Jane; mar John Windham.
5. Anna; mar William Cartwright, of Aynho Park, Northants; d 1 Feb 1667.
6. Edith; d unm.
7. Vere (sic); mar 30 Aug 1660, Sir Ralph Hare, of Stowe, Norfolk; dsp.
The elder s,
Sir Roger Townshend, 2nd Bt; b 21 Dec 1628; d unm 1647/48, when he was suc by his ygr bro,
Horatio Townshend, 3rd Bt later 1st Viscount Townshend, of Raynham in the County of Norfolk [E] (so cr 11 Dec 1682) also earlier Baron Townshend, of Lynn Regis in the County of Norfolk [E] (so cr 20 Apr 1661); bapt 16 Dec 1630; MP: Norfolk 1656-58, 1660; Cnclr of State May-Dec 1659; Ld-Lt of Norfolk 1661-1675/76; mar 1stly by 13 Apr 1659, Mary (dsp), dau and sole hrss of Sir Edward Lewkenor, of Denham, Suffolk; mar 2ndly 27 Nov 1673, Mary (d Dec 1685), dau of Sir Joseph Ashe, of Twickenham, Middx; bur 10 Dec 1687, leaving issue,
1. Charles, later 2nd Viscount Townshend (see below).
2. Hon Roger MP; b aft 1675; educ Eton ca 1688-95, King’s Coll Camb (matric 1695); Freeman of Great Yarmouth 1701-d; MP: Norfolk 1701-02, 1705-08, Great Yarmouth 1708-09; Col of RoF 1706-d; d unm 22 May 1709 at Bath, Somersets.
3. Hon Horatio MP, of New Ormond Str, London; b ca 1683; educ Eton 1692-98; MP: Great Yarmouth 1715-22, Heytesbury 1727-34; Dir: South Sea Co 1715-18, Bank of England 1722-32; Gov of Bank of England 1733-35 (Dep Gov 1732-33; Dir 1735-36); Commsnr of Excise 1735-d; mar by 1720, Alice, dau of John Starkie, of Huntroyde, Lancs; d 4 Oct 1751, leaving with a s and 2 other dau,
3.1. Laetitia; mar 24 July 1749, 9th Earl of Exeter (see EXETER, M).
The eldest s,
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend KG (1724), PC (1707); b 18 Apr 1675; educ Eton, King’s Coll Camb; FRS 1706; Ld-Lt of Norfolk 1701-13, 1714-30; Capt of Yeo of the Grd 1707-11; Jt Amb to The Hague Congress 1709-11; SoS N Dept 1714-16, Feb 1720/21-30; Ld Pres of the Cncl 1720-21; mar 1stly 3 July 1698, Hon Elizabeth (d 11 May 1711), dau and hrss of Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton (see CHICHESTER, B), and had with other issue,
1. Charles, later 3rd Viscount Townshend (see below).
2. Hon Thomas MP, of Frognal, Kent; b 2 June 1701; educ Eton 1718, King’s Coll Camb (admit 1720), Lincoln’s Inn (admit 1720); MP (Whig): Winchelsea 1722-27, Camb Univ 1727-74; Under-SoS 1724-30; Teller of the Excheq 1727-d; Sec to Ld-Lt of Ir 1739; mar 2 May 1730, Albinia, sis of George Augustus Selwyn MP (d 25 Jan 1791) and dau of John Selwyn MP, of Matson, Gloucs; d 21 May 1780, leaving issue,
2.1. Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, of St Leonards in the County of Gloucester [GB] (so cr 11 June 1789) also earlier Baron Sydney, of Chislehurst in the County of Kent [GB] (so cr 6 March 1783), PC (1767); b 24 Feb 1733; educ Eton, Clare Coll Camb; MP (Whig) for Whitchurch 1754-83; Clerk of HH to Prince of Wales 1756-60; Clerk of the Green Cloth 1760-62; Ld of HMT 1765-67; Jt Paymaster-Gen 1767-68; Sec at War March-July 1782; Home Sec 1782-83, Dec 1783-June 1789; CJ in Eyre S of Trent 1789-d; mar 19 May 1760, Elizabeth, dau and cohrss of Richard Powys, of Hintlesham, Suffolk; d 30 June 1800, leaving issue,
2.1.1. John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney; b 21 Feb 1764; educ Eton, Clare Coll Camb; Capt of Yeo Cav 1794-1812; MP (Whig): Newport IoW 1786-90, Whitchurch 1790-1800; Under-SoS for Home Affairs 1784-89; Ld of Admiralty 1789-93; Ld of HMT 1793-1800; Ld of Bedchamber to George III 1800-10; Ranger of Hyde Park and St James’s Park 1807-d; High Steward of Great Yarmouth 1815-d; mar 1stly 12 Apr 1790, Hon Sophia (d 9 Nov 1795), dau of Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford (qv), and had issue,
2.1.1.1. Hon Sophia Mary; mar 15 Jan 1833, Lord William Russell MP, paternal grands of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford KG (qv); d 1852, leaving issue.
2.1.1.2. Hon Mary Elizabeth; b ca 1800; mar 1stly 4 Oct 1825, George James Cholmondeley (see CHOLMONDELEY, M), and had issue,
2.1.1.2.1. Frances Sophia; mar Rev John Charles, grands of Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney (qv); d 1887.
(continued) Hon Mary Elizabeth mar 2ndly 9 Feb 1832 as his 2nd w, Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney (qv); d 25 Dec 1847, leaving further issue by her 2nd husband.
(continued) 2nd Viscount Sydney mar 2ndly 27 May 1802, Lady Caroline (d 9 Aug 1805), 3rd dau of Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim (b 25 Nov 1732; d 27 July 1804); d 20 Jan 1831, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
2.1.1.3. John Robert Townshend, 3rd Viscount Sydney later 1st Earl Sydney, of Scadbury in the County of Kent [UK] (so cr 27 Feb 1874), GCB (1863), PC (1853); b 9 Aug 1805; educ Eton, St John’s Coll Camb (MA 1824); Col of Kent Militia Artillery 1853-d; MP (Lib) for Whitchurch 1826-31; Capt of the Yeo of the Grd 1852-58; Ld Chamberlain 1852-58, 1859-66, 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886; Ld-Lt of Kent 1856-d; Capt of Deal Castle 1879-d; mar 4 Aug 1832, Lady Emily Caroline (d 9 March 1893), ygr dau of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey KG (qv); dsps 14 Feb 1890, when all the peerages became EXTINCT.
2.1.2. Hon William Augustus; b 10 March 1776; d unm 3 July 1816.
2.1.3. Col Hon Sir Horatio George Powys; b 6 Feb 1780; Lt-Gov of the Round Tower at Windsor Castle; d unm 25 May 1843.
2.1.4. Hon Georgiana; b 1 June 1761; State Housekeeper of Windsor Castle; d unm 12 Sept 1835.
2.1.5. Hon Mary Elizabeth; b 2 Sept 1762; mar 10 July 1783, John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (see JERSEY, E); dsp 20 May 1821.
2.1.6. Hon Frances; b 20 Feb 1772; mar 20 Oct 1794, George Talbot Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor (qv); d 13 Aug 1854, leaving issue.
2.1.7. Hon Harriet Katherine; b 29 Nov 1773; mar 24 March 1795, Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch and 6th Duke of Queensberry KT; d 24 Aug 1814, leaving issue.
3. Hon William MP; b 9 June 1702; MP (Whig) for Great Yarmouth 1723-38; Col and ADC to George I 1724, 1727; Capt-Lt 3rd Dragoons Feb 1727-d; Groom of Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales 1729-d; Usher of the Excheq 1730-d; mar 29 May 1725, Henrietta, dau of Lord William Powlett MP, 2nd s of Charles Powlett, 1st Duke of Bolton (see WINCHESTER, M); d 28 Jan 1738, leaving with 3 dau,
3.1. Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning, of Foxley in the County of Berkshire [GB] (so cr 20 Oct 1797), PC (1777); b 27 Aug 1728; educ Eton, Clare Coll Camb; Sec to Spain 1751-55; MP (Whig) for Great Yarmouth 1756-84, 1790-96; Ld of Admiralty 1765-70; Ld of HMT 1770-77; Jt V-Treas [I] 1777-82; Treas of the Navy Apr-Dec 1783; mar 21 Aug 1777, Annabella, dau of Rev Richard Smith, of Itchen, Hants; d 19 May 1810, leaving with 5 dau,
3.1.1. Charles Frederick Powlett Townshend (later Powlett), 2nd Baron Bayning; b 26 Sept 1785; Capt Norfolk Militia 1802 and Honingham Vols 1805; MP (Tory) for Truro 1808-10; d unm 2 Aug 1823, when he was suc by his ygr bro (see below).
3.1.2. Henry William Powlett Townshend (later William-Powlett by Royal Lic dated 8 Sept 1823), 3rd Baron Bayning; b 8 June 1797; educ Eton, St John’s Coll Camb; Vicar of Honingham, Norfolk; mar 9 Aug 1842, Emma (d 10 Nov 1887), dau of William H. Fellowes (see DE RAMSEY, B); dsps 5 Aug 1866, when the peerage became EXTINCT.
4. Hon Roger MP; b 5 June 1708; educ Eton; Cornet 4th Hussars 1726; Capt 3rd Dragoons 1729; MP (Whig): Great Yarmouth 1738-47, Eye 1747-48; Capt and Lt-Col 1st Ft Grds 1741; ADC to George II at the Battle of Dettingen 1743; Gov of Yarmouth Castle 1745-d; Receiver-Gen of Customs 1748-d; d unm 7 Aug 1760.
5. Hon Elizabeth; mar 28 Nov 1722, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis (see CORNWALLIS, B); d 1 Dec 1785, leaving issue.
(continued) 2nd Viscount Townshend mar 2ndly 25 July 1713, Dorothy (d 29 March 1726), sis of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford KG (see WALPOLE, B); d 21 June 1738, leaving further with other issue,
6. Very Rev Hon Edward DD, Dean of Norwich; b 25 Oct 1719; mar 11 May 1747, Mary (d 21 Feb 1816), dau of Gen — Price; d 27 Jan 1765, leaving with 3 dau (who all d unm),
6.1. Rev Edward; mar 23 March 1789, Louisa Sarah (d 7 March 1853), dau of Sir William Milner, 1st Bt, of Nun Appleton Hall, Yorks (qv).
6.2. Elizabeth; mar Rev Walter Wren Driffield, Rector of Eswarton, Suffolk and Southchurch, Essex.
6.3. Charlotte; mar 1stly 12 May 1773, John Norris; mar 2ndly 1779, Thomas Fauquier.
7. Dorothy; mar May 1743, Very Rev Spencer Cowper, Dean of Durham.
8. Mary; mar 17 March 1753, Lt-Gen Hon Edward MP, of Essington, Herts, ygr s of Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis (qv); dsp.
The eldest s,
Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend; b 11 July 1700; educ Eton, King’s Coll Camb; MP (Whig) for Great Yarmouth 1722-23; sum vp to the HoL as Baron Townshend 22 May 1723; Ld of Bedchamber to George II 1723-27; Ld-Lt of Norfolk 1730-38; Master of the Jewel House 1730-39; mar 29 May 1723, Audrey Etheldreda, a celebrated socialite (b 1708; d 9 March 1788), only dau and hrss of Edward Harrison, of Balls Park, Herts, MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 1717-22 and Hertford 1722-26 (d 28 Nov 1732); d 12 March 1764, leaving with 2 other ygr s (who dvp young),
1. George, later 1st Marquess Townshend (see below).
2. Hon Charles PC, MP, of Adderbury, Kent; b 27 Aug 1725; educ Clare Coll Camb 1742-45, Leyden Univ 1745-46, Lincoln’s Inn (admit 1742; Barrister 1747); MP (Whig): Great Yarmouth 1747-56, Saltash 1756-61, Harwich 1761-67; Ld of Trade 1749-54; Ld of Admiralty 1754-55; Treas of the Chamber 1756-61; Sec at War 1761-62; 1st Ld of Trade Feb-Apr 1763; Paymaster-Gen 1765-66; Chllr of the Excheq 1766-d; mar 18 Sept 1755, Lady Caroline (née Campbell), 1st Baroness Greenwich suo jure, eldest dau of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and 1st Duke of Greenwich KG, KT (see ARGYLL, D); dsps 4 Sept 1767 having borne 2 s (dvm) and 1 dau.
3. Hon Audrey; mar (eloped) Robert Capt Robert Orme, a comrade-in-arms of George Washington, President of the USA (b ca 1725; d 1781 or 1790); d 1781.
The eldest surv s,
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, of Raynham in the County of Norfolk [GB] (so cr 31 Oct 1787), PC (1760); educ Eton, St John’s Coll Camb; MP (Whig) for Norfolk 1747-64; Lt-Gen of the Ordnance 1763-67; Ld-Lt of Ir 1767-72; Master-Gen of the Ordnance 1772-82, Apr-Dec 1783; Ld-Lt of Norfolk 1792-d; Capt 7th Dragoons 1745; Capt 20th RoF 1745; Capt 1st Ft Grds and Lt-Col 1748; retired 1750; Col 1758; Col: 64th RoF June-Dec 1759, 28th RoF 1759-73, 2nd Dragoon Grds 1773; Maj-Gen 1761; Lt-Gen 1770; Gen 1782; FM 1796; mar 1stly 19 Dec 1751, Lady Charlotte (née Compton), 16th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley and 7th Baroness Compton suo jure (see FERRERS, E), only surv child of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers, and had issue,
1. George, later 2nd Marquess Townshend (see below).
2. Lord John PC (7 Feb 1806), MP, of Balls Park, Herts; b 19 Jan 1757; educ Eton 1763-72, St John’s Coll Camb 1773, Lincoln’s Inn (admit 1774); MP (Whig): Camb Univ 1780-84, Westminster 1788-90, Knaresborough 1793-1818; Ld of Admiralty Apr-July 1782, Apr-Dec 1783; Jt Paymaster-Gen 1806-07; mar 10 Apr 1787 (having eloped with her), Georgiana Anne (d 4 May 1851), former w (having been div by Act of Parl dated Apr 1787) of William Fawkener, Clerk of the Privy Cncl 1779-95 (b 28 Dec 1747; d 26 July 1811) and dau of William Poyntz, of Midgham House, Berks; d 25 Feb 1833, leaving issue,
2.1. Charles Fox; b 28 June 1795; educ Eton; Fndr of Pop (Eton Soc); dvp unm 2 Apr 1817.
2.2. John, later 4th Marquess Townshend (see below).
2.3. Rev Lord George Osborne; b 13 Nov 1801; granted with his ygr sisters the style and precedence of the ygr s or dau of a Marquess by Royal Warrant dated 15 Feb 1856; mar 1839, Jessie Victoria (d 16 Apr 1897), 2nd dau of V-Adm John MacKellar RN; d 7 Sept 1876, leaving issue,
2.3.1. Charles Thornton; b 29 Jan 1840; mar 1stly 2 July 1859, Louise (d Jan 1878), eldest dau of John Graham, of Melbourne, Australia; mar 2ndly 23 Dec 1880, Caroline, eldest dau of George Seear, of London; d 13 May 1889, leaving issue by his 1st w,
2.3.1.1. Maj-Gen Sir Charles Vere Ferrers “Alphonse” (nicknamed as such owing to him being a passionate Francophile) KCB (1917; CB 1895), DSO (1898), MP; b 21 Feb 1861; Cranleigh Sch, RMA Sandhurst; with RM 1881-86; with Army 1881-1920; served Sudan Expedition 1884-85, Hunza-Nagar Campaign 1891-92, Chitral Expedition 1895, Dongola Expedition 1896, Nile Expedition 1897-98, Boer War 1899-1900, WWI (despatches; Croix de Guerre (France); Maj-Gen cmdg: Orange Free State Dist 1909-11, Div of TF 1912-13, Jubbulpore Brigade (India) 1913-15, Indian Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia 1915-16; MP (Con) for Wrekin 1920-24; mar 22 Nov 1898, Alice, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Croix de Guerre (France), Médaille d’Or de la Reconnaissance Française (d 9 Dec 1965), dau of Comte Louis Cahen d’Anvers, of Chateau de Champs, Seine-et-Marne, France, a banker (b 24 May 1837; d 20 Dec 1922); d 18 May 1924, leaving issue,
2.3.1.1.1. Audrey Dorothy Louise; b 21 Jan 1900; Médaille de la Résistance; Médaille de la Guerre 1940-45 (Belgium); mar 22 Nov 1922 (div 1936), Comte Baudouin, s of Comte Paulo de Borchgrave d’Altena, and had issue,
2.3.1.1.1.1. Comte Arnaud Charles Paul Marie Philippe; b 26 Oct 1926 at Brussels, Belgium; educ King’s Sch Canterbury; served WWI with RN 1942-46 (Maritime Medal of Belgium); Bureau Mngr for United Press in Belgium 1947; Bureau Chief of Newsweek in Belgium 1950; Editor of Washington Times 1985-90s; a journalist; Chevalier de Legion d’Honneur 2014; mar 1stly 1950 (div 1959), Dorothy Solon, and had issue,
2.3.1.1.1.1.1. ●Arnaud; b 1952.
(continued) Comte Arnaud Charles Paul Marie Philippe mar 2ndly 1959, Eileen Ritschel; mar 3rdly 1969, Alexandra, dau of Henry Serrano Villard, US Amb to Senegal and Mauritania 1960-61 (b 30 March 1900; d 21 Jan 1996); d 15 Feb 2015 at Washington DC, USA from bladder cancer, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
2.3.1.1.1.1.2. ●Trisha Theresa; b 1961.
2.3.1.1.1.2. Diana Marie Madeleine Louise; b 1 Jan 1924; d 5 Apr 1940.
2.3.1.1.1.3. ●Marina Audrey Felicite; b 24 March 1932; mar 1 Sept 1955, Charles Winton Browne MBE, s of John Tennant Rankin, and has issue,
2.3.1.1.1.3.1. ●Gavin Philippe Baudouin; b 1957.
2.3.1.1.1.3.2. ●James Rowland Evelyn; b 21 Jan 1959.
2.3.1.2. George Augustus MN; b 1 Nov 1865; k at sea 30 Aug 1883.
2.3.2. George Ferrars (sic); b 28 March 1854; Govt Land Transfer Office; mar 1stly, Elizabeth Brenda Baillie (d 1891), and had issue,
2.3.2.1. Ferrars Ernest Osborne; b 1882; mar 13 Apr 1910, Isabel Dorothy Ferrers (d 22 July 1971), dau of William Henry Nicholson, of Rama Rama, Auckland, NZ; d 20 Aug 1953, leaving issue,
2.3.2.1.1. Henry George; b 3 June 1911; mar 13 March 1943, Elaine Florence (liv 2003), dau of T. E. Frith, of Melbourne, Australia; d 1979, leaving issue,
2.3.2.1.1.1. +Ferrars Edwin; b 2 Nov 1944; mar 1980, ●Gillian Adams.
2.3.2.1.1.2. +Anthony Stuart; b 22 July 1956.
2.3.2.1.2. Stuart Villiers; b 22 July 1884; mar 1936, Edith Myrtle, dau of W. Ernest Potts, of Invercargill, NZ; d 20 Aug 1954.
2.3.2.1.3. Geoffrey Keith; b 1888; a painter; mar Dorothy Reynolds, of Melbourne, Australia; dsp Sept 1969.
2.3.2.1.4. Audrey Brenda; mar 1stly 30 June 1903, William John Greenbank; mar 2ndly 13 Feb 1913, William Henry Rossiter, and had issue by both husbands.
2.3.2.1.5. Doris; mar 4 Apr 1909 (div 1928; resumed maiden name), Carl August Nienholdt, of Hamburg, Germany, and had issue,
2.3.2.1.5.1. (Elisabeth) Brenda Clifford; b May 1913; mar Oct 1937, Paul, s of Heinrich Altstadt, of Flensburg, Germany; d July 1945, leaving issue,
2.3.2.1.5.1.1. ●Detelf; b July 1944; mar 1969, ●Gabriel, dau of A. Gentiman, of Hamburg, Germany.
2.3.2.1.5.1.2. ●Karin; b Nov 1940; mar March 1964, ●Joachim Schonoor, of Hamburg, Germany, and has issue,
2.3.2.1.5.1.3. ●(Anne) Doris; b June 1942; mar Apr 1967, ●Detlef Harber, of Berlin, Germany, and has issue,
(continued) George Ferrars mar 2ndly, Clara Jenkins (d 17 May 1958); d 26 Sept 1942, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
2.3.2.2. George Ferrers Vere; b 1897; mar 1921, Fanny Elizabeth (d 30 March 1965), dau of James Matthew Brassington, of Staffs; d 1957, leaving issue,
2.3.2.2.1. ●Diana Vere; b 1927; mar 1949, ●Noel Trevor Gedye AMIStructE, and has issue,
2.3.2.2.1.1. ●Christopher John; b 1950; mar 1973, ●Ranee Joy Murphy, and has issue,
2.3.2.2.1.1.1. ●Shari Justin; b 1980.
2.3.2.2.1.1.2. ●Nichole Jade; b 1984.
2.3.2.2.1.2. ●Stephen Warren; b 1953; mar 1977, ●Roseann Hare.
2.3.2.2.1.3. ●Michael Jonathan; b 1957; mar 1984, ●Victoria Ruth Ohms.
2.3.2.2.2. Rua Hildyard Bute; b Apr 1902; mar 1stly 1927 (div 1934), Vivian Herbert Judd; mar 2ndly 24 May 1934, Robert Hanna (d 1975), and had issue by her 1st husband,
2.3.2.2.2.1. ●Raynham George Judd (later Hanna alongside her siblings by Deed Poll); b 1928.
2.3.2.2.2.2. ●Ross Townshend; b 1930 as twin.
2.3.2.2.2.3. ●Mason Townshend; b 1930 as twin.
2.3.2.2.3. Rere Fortescue; b 7 Aug 1904; mar 1924, ●Digby Felix McGarry; liv 2003, and had issue,
2.3.2.2.3.1. ●Digby Rochefort Dillon; b 18 Apr 1925; mar Apr 1954, ●Kathrine Mary Palmer, and had issue,
2.3.2.2.3.1.1. ●William Digby; b 15 May 1955.
2.3.2.2.3.1.2. ●Penelope Jane; b 15 Feb 1957.
2.3.2.2.3.1.3. ●Roger Michael; b 15 Oct 1959.
2.3.2.2.3.1.4. ●Joanna Mary; b 26 Oct 1967.
2.3.2.2.3.2. Rata Victoria; b 1912; mar 1934, Jack Mason Norling; liv 2003, and had issue,
2.3.2.2.3.2.1. ●Michael Holmden Mason; b 1935.
2.3.3. Ernest Edwin; b 4 Feb 1858; mar 1882, Rosa Harriet (d 30 Nov 1937), dau of E. A. Plumley, of Auckland, NZ; d 1945, leaving issue,
2.3.3.1. Clifford Edwin; b 1884; mar 17 Aug 1915, Rose Evelyn MBE (1967), dau of John Abraham Greensill, of Picton, NZ; d 1958, leaving issue,
2.3.3.1.1. John Edwin RNZAF; b 17 Apr 1918; served WWII; mar 4 Nov 1943, Mary, of 9A Waterhouse Str, Taradale, Napier 4001, NZ (2003), dau of William Joseph Curran Sharp, Supt P&T for Dept of Straits Settlements; d 9 Feb 1990, leaving issue,
2.3.3.1.1.1. ●Margaret Ann; b 12 Sept 1944; mar 1stly 1963 (div 1972), Earl Dudley Gee RNZAF; mar 2ndly 1974 (div 1982), John Leslie Taylor; mar 3rdly 24 Oct 1998, ●Ian Bambry, and has issue by her 1st husband,
2.3.3.1.1.1.1. ●Michele Margaret; b 7 Oct 1963; mar 1stly 1984 (div 1991), Neville McAlister; mar 2ndly 11 Nov 1995, ●Brendan Quinn, and has issue by her 2nd husband,
2.3.3.1.1.1.1.1. ●Blain Mackenzie; b 2002.
2.3.3.1.1.1.2. ●Lisa Ann; b 24 Dec 1966; has issue.
2.3.3.1.1.1.3. ●Richard John Earl Gee (later Townshend by Deed Poll); b 13 Feb 1969; mar 6 May 1989 (sep 2002), Joanna McKinley, and has issue,
2.3.3.1.1.1.3.1. ●Corey Richard; b 1991.
2.3.3.1.1.1.3.2. ●Amber Michelle; b 1993.
2.3.3.1.1.2. +Keith Edwin; b 19 Apr 1948; mar 20 Dec 1981 (sep 1998), Margaret Johanna, dau of Joseph Boldero, of Kawhia, NZ, and has issue,
2.3.3.1.1.2.1. +David John Edwin; b 12 Nov 1982.
2.3.3.1.1.2.2. +James Raynham; b 29 Dec 1983.
2.3.3.1.2. George Maling JP, of 2/26 Rothesay Bay Rd, Auckland, NZ (2003); b 25 May 1921; educ Marlborough Coll NZ; served WWII with RNZAF; a city Cnclr in NZ; mar 1stly 23 March 1944, Alice Joyce (d 1986), eldest dau of Alfred Wilfred Nye, of Coromandel, NZ; mar 2ndly 1987, Heather Joan Pallesen (liv 2003), 3rd dau of Douglas Brown, of Hastings, NZ; liv 2003, leaving issue by his 1st w,
2.3.3.1.2.1. ●Yvonne Joy; b 21 Aug 1946; mar 1971, ●Brett Denize, and has issue,
2.3.3.1.2.1.1. ●Donna Joy; b 1972; mar 2003, ●Paul Crowhurst.
2.3.3.1.2.1.2. ●Rowena Helen; b 1975.
2.3.3.1.2.2. +Colin David; b 3 May 1948; mar 1969, ●Jennifer Pearl, eldest dau of Ian Alfred Madsden, of Napier, NZ, and has issue,
2.3.3.1.2.2.1. +Glen David; b 1971.
2.3.3.1.2.2.2. +Zane Colin; b 1972; mar (div 2002), Debby Lynch, and has issue,
2.3.3.1.2.2.2.1. ●Georgia Louise; b 1998.
2.3.3.1.2.2.3. ●Tara Jean; b 1974, and has issue,
2.3.3.1.2.2.3.1. ●Charlie Jennifer; b 1998.
2.3.3.1.3. Charles Roberts; b 4 July 1926; educ Marlborough Coll NZ; mar 15 March 1952, Dorothy Winifred, of 11 Whakarire Avn, Westshore, Napier, NZ (2003) (liv 2003), dau of Frederick Leo Luks, of Auckland, NZ; d 1987, leaving issue,
2.3.3.1.3.1. ●Denise Kaye; b 25 Dec 1955; mar 1980, ●Stephen Alexander Greer, a solicitor, and has issue,
2.3.3.1.3.1.1. ●Alexander Townshend; b 1982.
2.3.3.1.3.1.2. ●Rebecca Ellen; b 1984.
2.3.3.1.3.1.3. ●Charles Townshend; b 1989.
(continued) Denise Kaye also adopted,
2.3.3.1.3.1.4. ●Mark Richard; b 19 June 1962.
2.3.3.1.3.2. +Robert Paul; b 7 Oct 1965, and has issue,
2.3.3.1.3.2.1. ●Olivia Pierrine; b 2000.
2.3.3.2. Charles Ernest Osborne; b 1888; d 5 Aug 1927.
2.3.3.3. Tiria Vere Ferrars; b 1901; mar 1926 as his 1st w, Thomas Stewart Raymond White; d 2 May 1956, leaving with 2 dau,
2.3.3.3.1. ●Thomas Charles Raymond; b 19—; educ Auckland Univ, Edinburgh Univ (PhD); Sr Lecturer in Zoology at Univ of Adelaide; Prof of Biology for Univ of the South Pacific; Dean of Sch of Applied Science at Riverina-Murray Inst; Hon Research Fellow of Univ of Adelaide 1987; Hon DSc Adelaide Univ 1999; an Ecologist.
2.3.4. Henry; b 8 Aug 1859; mar 14 Jan 1885, Emily Jane (d 1942), dau of E. A. Plumley, of Auckland, NZ; d 1945, leaving issue,
2.3.4.1. Henry Brooke Villiers; b 8 July 1888; Solicitor to Supreme Court of NZ 1917; Barrister 1920; with NZ Expeditionary Force 1917-18; d unm 1968.
2.3.5. Augusta Mary; mar 16 Aug 1865, Col George Brooke Meares, Royal Fusil, of Dol-Lys Hall, Montgomerys (d 4 Aug 1894); d 25 Jan 1919, leaving issue.
2.4. Aubrey Harriet; mar 11 Oct 1826, Rev Robert Ridsdale, Prebendary of Chichester (d 1876); d 24 March 1873.
2.5. Elizabeth Frances; mar 20 Oct 1813, Sir Augustus Clifford, 1st Bt, of The Navy, illegit s of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire KG (qv); d 10 Apr 1862, leaving issue.
2.6. Jane; mar 6 Nov 1824, John Hildyard (d 1855); d 7 March 1878.
3. Elizabeth; mar 7 May 1790, Gen William Loftus (see ELY, M); d 21 March 1811, leaving issue.
(continued) 1st Marquess Townshend mar 2ndly 19 May 1773, Anne (d 29 March 1819) dau and cohrss of Sir William Montgomery, 1st Bt, of Magbie Hill, Peebles (see MONTGOMERY of Stanhope, Bt); d 14 Sept 1807, leaving further issue,
4. Rev Lord Frederick, Rector of Stiffkey 1792-1836; d unm insane 18 Jan 1836 having murdered his next ygr bro during a long coach trip they took together 40 years previously.
5. Lord Charles MP; b 6 Jan 1769; educ Edinburgh (admit 1786), Lincoln’s Inn (admit 1786; Barrister 1793); Lt 88th RoF 1793; Lt-Col 118th RoF 1794; MP (Whig) for Great Yarmouth 1796-d; d unm 18 Jan 1836 by his elder bro as above.
6. Lady Charlotte; b 16 March 1776; mar 17 Aug 1797, George William Frederick Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds KG (b 21 July 1775; d 10 July 1838); d 30 July 1856, leaving issue.
7. Lady Harriet; b 20 Apr 1782; mar 16 Sept 1811, William de Blaquiere, 3rd Baron de Blaquiere (b 27 Jan 1778; d 12 Nov 1851); d 9 Nov 1848, leaving issue.
8. Capt Lord James Nugent Boyle Bernardo KCH, RN; b 11 Sept 1785; mar 8 May 1813, Elizabeth (mar 2ndly 4 Sept 1844, Capt W. H. Henderson CB, RN; d 15 July 1873), dau of P. Wallis; d 28 June 1842.
9. Lady Anne; mar 26 Oct 1795, Capt Harrington, East Yorks Militia, of Bessingby Hall, nr Bridlington, Yorks and 16 New Norfolk Str, Middx, MP for Helston 1820-26 (b 11 Apr 1772; d Nov 1826), only s of John Hudson, of Bessingby Hall, and had issue,
9.1. Ann; b 10 Feb 1797; mar 6 June 1839, Christopher Thomas Soulsby; d 6 June 1839, leaving 1 dau.
9.2. Harrington; b 1798; d unm 1848.
9.3. Rev Charles Walter JP, Rector of Trowell, Notts; b 1807; mar 11 Oct 1838, Hon Julia (b 30 Oct 1805; d 11 June 1884), dau of Godfrey Bosville Macdonald, 3rd Baron Macdonald (qv); d 26 Oct 1900, leaving issue,
9.3.1. Henry Willoughby; b 1845; dvp 1865.
9.4. Sir James GCB (1863; KCB 1855; CB 1851); b 1810; Clerk to Ld Chamberlain 1830; Usher to Queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen 1831-37; Sec to Priv Sec to the King 1830-37; Sec: Washington DC 1838-45, The Hague 1845-50, Rio de Janeiro 1845-50; Envoy Extra to Rio de Janeiro 1850-52; Amb to Turin 1852-63; d unm 20 Sept 1885 at Strasbourg (bur at Florence).
The eldest s,
George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend later also 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley and 8th Baron Compton (having suc m 14 Sept 1770) also 1st Earl of Leicester [GB] (so cr 18 May 1784); b 18 Apr 1753; educ Eton, St John’s Coll Camb; Jt Postmaster-Gen 1794-99; Ld Steward 1799-1802; mar 24 Dec 1777, Charlotte (d 2 Feb 1802), cohrss of her uncle Roger Mainwaring Ellerker and dau of Eaton Mainwaring (later Ellerker), of Risby Park, Yorks; d 27 July 1811, leaving issue,
1. George Ferrars (sic, a spelling insisted by his f), later 3rd Marquess Townshend (see below).
2. Lord Charles Vere Ferrers; b 16 Sept 1785; mar 24 March 1812 his cousin, Charlotte (d 21 March 1866), eldest dau of Gen William Loftus as above (see ELY, M); dsp 5 Nov 1853.
3. Lady Charlotte Barbara; mar 6 Apr 1805, Lt-Col Hon Cecil MP (dvp 11 July 1813 of wounds received in action in Upper Canada), eldest s and h app of Cecil Bisshopp, 12th Baron Zouche of Haryngworth (qv); dsp 3 Oct 1807.
4. Lady Harriet Anne; mar 11 March 1813, Edward Ferrers, of Baddesley Clinton, Warwicks (d 11 Aug 1830); d 1 June 1845, leaving issue.
5. Lady Elizabeth; mar 5 Aug 1815, Joseph Moore Boultbec, of Springfield House, Warwicks (d 24 May 1860); d 18 Dec 1868, leaving issue.
The elder s,
George Ferrers Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend; b 13 Dec 1778; educ Eton, Trinity Coll Camb; mar 12 May 1807, Sarah (left her husband 8 May 1808 and filed suit against him for non-consummation; went through a form of marriage 24 Oct 1809 with a John Margetts, of St Ives, Hunts, a brewer (d 24 June 1842), by whom she had numerous issue who were later declared illegit by Act of Parl dated 1843); mar 2ndly 10 Jan 1856 (i.e. aft her legal husband’s death), James Laidler, of Fenton, Northumb; dspl 11 Sept 1858), dau of William Dunn (later Dunn-Gardner); dsp 31 Dec 1855, when the Barony of Ferrers of Chartley and the Barony of Compton became ABEYANT, while the Earldom of Leicester became EXTINCT, and the other peerages passed to his cousin,
John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend; b 28 March 1798; RN: joined 1814, Lt 1822, Cdr 1828, Capt 1834, retired as R-Adm 1855; mar 18 Aug 1825, Elizabeth Jane (d 27 Jan 1877), dau of R-Adm Lord George Stuart CB, RN and granddau of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (qv); d 10 Sept 1863, leaving issue,
1. John Villiers Stuart, later 5th Marquess Townshend (see below).
2. Lord James Dudley Brownlow Stuart RN; b 14 Dec 1832; d 11 Aug 1846.
3. Lady Anna Maria; mar 9 Feb 1854, Capt Alexander Nowell Shearson (d 10 Feb 1882); d 14 Feb 1899, leaving issue.
4. Lady Elizabeth Clementina; mar 15 July 1856, John St Aubyn, 1st Baron Saint Levan (qv); d 18 Nov 1910, leaving issue.
5. Lady Audrey Jane Charlotte; mar 1stly 18 Sept 1873, Hon Greville Theophilus, 2nd s of Charles John Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk and 10th Earl of Berkshire (qv), and had issue; mar 2ndly 10 Aug 1882, Gen Sir Redvers VC (1879), GCB, GCMG (KCMG 1900), PC, of Downes House, Devons, QMG to the Forces 1887-90, Adj-Gen 1890-97, GOC Aldershot Command 1898-99, 1901-02, C-in-C of British Forces in South Africa 1899-1900 (b 7 Dec 1839; d 2 June 1908 at Downes House; bur at Holy Cross Ch, Crediton, Devons), 2nd but eventual s and h of James Wentworth Buller, MP for Exeter 1830-35 and North Devon 1857-65 (b 1 Oct 1798; d 13 March 1865), by Charlotte Juliana Jane, niece of Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk KG (qv); d 20 Feb 1926, leaving further an only dau by her 2nd husband,
5.1. (Audrey Charlotte) Georgiana DBE (1920), RRC (1920); b 4 Aug 1884 at Crediton; Dir of VAD for Devon 1914; Fndr of St Loye’s Fdn (now Step One) for the disabled; d unm 22 June 1953 at Exeter.
The elder s,
John Villiers Stuart Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend JP, DL (Norfolk; Middx); b 10 Apr 1831; High Steward of Tamworth; MP for Tamworth 1856-63; mar 17 Oct 1865, Lady Anne Elizabeth Clementina (d 31 Dec 1925), eldest dau of James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife KT (see FIFE, D); d 26 Oct 1899, leaving issue,
1. John James Dudley Stuart, later 6th Marquess Townshend (see below).
2. Lady Agnes Elizabeth Audrey; b 12 Dec 1870; mar 2 Sept 1903, James Andrew Cuninghame FSA, of Cromer Grange and East Raynham House, Norfolk, Hon Attaché with the Dipl Service (d 30 Sept 1954), s of Rev James Samuel William Durham DD, Rector of Ladbroke, Warwicks; d 15 March 1955, leaving issue.
The only s,
John James Dudley Stuart Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend DL (Norfolk); b 17 Oct 1866; mar 9 Aug 1905, Gwladys Ethel Gwendolen Eugenie, Mayoress of King’s Lynn 1928-29, Pres of Royal Norfolk Agricultural Assoc 1929, Pres and Fndr of Officers’ Sunday Club 1914-18, 1940-46 (mar 2ndly 29 Oct 1946, Bernard (d 13 March 1958), ygr s of Capt Roland le Strange JP, DL, of Hunstanton Hall, Norfolk; d 10 Oct 1959), elder dau of Thomas Sutherst, a barrister; d 17 Nov 1921, leaving issue,
1. George John Patrick Dominic, later 7th Marquess Townshend (see below).
2. Lady Elizabeth Mary Gladys; b 16 Oct 1917; mar 1stly 20 Oct 1939 (div 1947), Sir (Eric) Richard Meadows White, 2nd Bt, of Boulge Hall, Suffolk (qv); mar 2ndly 15 March 1959, John Clifford, s of John Joseph Roberts; d 31 Dec 1950, leaving issue by her 1st husband.
The only s,
George John Patrick Dominic Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend DL (Norfolk 1951); b 13 May 1916; educ Harrow; 2nd Lt RA (TA); Capt Scots Grds; ADC to GOC Eastern Command 1936-39; PA to CIGS 1939-40; Chm: Raynham Farm Co Ltd 1957, Anglia TV 1958-86, Anglia TV Gp Plc 1971-86, Anchor Enterprises Ltd 1967-88, Norfolk Agriculture Station 1974-87, Royal Norfolk Agricultural Assoc 1978-85, AP Bank Ltd 1975-87; V-Chm: Norwich Union Life Insurance Soc 1973-86, Norwich Union Fire Insurance Soc 1975-86; Dir: D. E. Longe & Co 1962-90 (Chm 1982-90), East Coast Grain Ltd 1962-90 (Chm 1982-90), London Merchant Securities Plc 1964-5, Invergordon Distillers (Holdings) Ltd; Tstee: East Anglian Savings Bank; Gov of Royal Agricultural Soc; Hon DCL UEA; FRSA; mar 1stly 2 Sept 1939 (div 1960), Elizabeth Pamela Audrey JP (Norfolk 1950) (mar 2ndly 1960, Brig Sir James Frederick Gault KCMG (1952), MVO (1943), OBE (1946), of Milford Surrey (b 26 June 1902; d 14 Jan 1977); d 1989), only dau of Lt-Col Thomas Luby ICS, and had issue,
1. ●Lady Carolyn Elizabeth Ann; b 27 Sept 1940; mar 1stly 13 Oct 1962 (div 1971; resumed maiden name), Il Patrizio Genovese Antonio, s of Vincenzo Capellini, by Donna Anna Candeo Vanzeitti, of Genoa, Italy; mar 2ndly Jan 1973 as his 2nd w (annulled Nov 1974), Edgar Miles, of NY, USA, Chm of Seagram and a billionaire (b 20 June 1929 at Montreal; d 21 Dec 2013 at NY City), s of Samuel Bronfman, of Montreal, Canada, and has issue by her 1st husband,
1.1. ●Vincenzo Charles Townshend; b 1963; educ Milton Abbey Sch; mar 1994, ●Rachael, dau of Mark Daniels, and has issue,
1.1.1. ●Luca; b 1995.
1.1.2. ●Sofia; b 1996.
1.1.3. ●Luisa Carolyn; b 1998.
2. ●Lady Joanna Agnes; b 19 Aug 1943; mar 1stly 27 Sept 1962 (div 1968), Jeremy George Courtenay, s of Cdr George Francis Norton Bradford RN; mar 2ndly 1 Jan 1978 (div 1984), James Barry Morissey, of Boston, MA, USA; mar 3rdly 1991, ●Christian Marc, s of Etienne Boegnor, and has issue by her 1st husband,
2.1. ●Francis James Patrick; b 28 Oct 1963 (sponsored by HRH Princess Beneditke Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid of Denmark); educ Dartington Coll.
3. Charles George Patrick Dominic, later 8th Marquess Townshend (see below).
(continued) 7th Marquess Townshend mar 2ndly 22 Dec 1960, Ann Frances (d 1988), only dau of Arthur Pellew Darlow, of Portugal; mar 3rdly 2004, ●Philippa Sophia, former w of Humphrey Roger Swire and dau of Col George Jardine Kidston-Montgomerie; d 23 Apr 2010, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
4. +Lord John Patrick; b 17 June 1962; educ Eton, London Univ; mar 1stly 1987 (div 1991), Rachel Lucy, a social anthropologist, dau of FM Sir John Lyon Chapple GCB, KBE, CGS 1988-92 and Gov of Gibraltar 1993-95 (b 27 May 1931; d 25 March 2022), by Annabel Hill; mar 2ndly 1999, ●Mrs Helen Burt, dau of — Chin, and has issue by his 2nd w,
4.1. ●Isobel Ann; b 27 July 2001.
4.2. +George; b 2003.
5. Lady Katherine Ann; b 29 Sept 1963; mar 1stly 1991 (div), Piers W., yst s of Robin Dent, of Olivers, Painswick, Gloucs, and has issue,
5.1. ●Lucia; b 1992.
5.2. ●Mollie; b 1995.
(continued) Lady Katherine Ann mar 2ndly 2001, ●Guy Bayley, and has further issue by her 2nd husband,
5.3. ●Inca Nell; b 15 Feb 2001.
5.4. ●Skye; b 24 Oct 2002.
The elder s,
Charles George Patrick Dominic Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend; b 26 Sept 1945; educ Eton, RAC Cirencester; Mng Dir: Raynham Workshops Ltd 1986-94; Chm: Pera Internatl 1988-96, ITV till 1986; Gen Commsnr for Income Tax in Norwich 1989-97; co-Fndr: Anglia TV 1958; mar 1stly 8 Oct 1975, Hermione (b 23 Jan 1945; d 1985 as result of an accident), former w of Anthony J. C. Evans and only child of Lt-Cdr Robert Martin Dominic Ponsonby RN (see BESSBOROUGH, B); mar 2ndly 6 Dec 1990, ●Mrs Alison Marshall, ygr dau of Sir Willis Ide Combs KCVO, CMG, of Wadhurst Park, East Sussex, Amb to Indonesia 1970-75 (b 6 May 1916; d 1991); d 20 Nov 2025, leaving issue by his 1st w,
1. Thomas Charles, present 9th Marquess Townshend (see as above).
2. ●Lady Louise Elizabeth; b 23 July 1979.
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