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Viscount Townsend is in Viscountcies of England Alphabetically, Viscountcies of England Chronologically, Extant Viscountcies of England.
Summary
1682. Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend created.
10th December 1687. Son Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend succeeded.
21st June 1738. Son Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend succeeded.
12th March 1764. Son George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend succeeded.
14th September 1807. Son George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend succeeded.
27th July 1811. Son George Ferrers Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend succeeded.
31st December 1855. First Cousin John Townshend 4th Marquess Townshend succeeded.
10th September 1863. Son John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend succeeded.
6th October 1899. Son John Townshend 6th Marquess Townshend succeeded.
17th November 1921. Son George Townshend 7th Marquess Townshend succeeded.
23rd April 2010. Son Charles Townshend 8th Marquess Townshend succeeded.
In 1682 Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend (age 51) was created 1st Viscount Townsend. Mary Ashe Viscountess Townshend (age 30) by marriage Viscountess Townsend.
On 10th December 1687 Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend (age 56) died. His son Charles (age 13) succeeded 2nd Viscount Townsend, 2nd Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 4th Baronet Townshend.
Before 11th May 1711 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 37) and Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend were married. She by marriage Viscountess Townsend.
Before 25th July 1713 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 39) and Dorothy Walpole Viscountess Townsend (age 26) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Townsend.
On 21st June 1738 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 64) died. His son Charles (age 37) succeeded 3rd Viscount Townsend, 3rd Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 5th Baronet Townshend.
On 12th March 1764 Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend (age 63) died. His son George (age 40) succeeded 4th George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend, 4th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 6th Baronet Townshend. His son George succeeded 4th Viscount Townsend.
On 14th September 1807 George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend (age 83) died. His son George (age 54) succeeded 2nd Marquess Townshend, 5th Viscount Townsend, 5th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 7th Baronet Townshend.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 27th July 1811 George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend (age 58) died. His son George (age 32) succeeded 3rd Marquess Townshend, 2nd Earl of Leicester, 6th Viscount Townsend, 6th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 8th Baronet Townshend, 18th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 9th Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend by marriage Marchioness Townshend.
On 31st December 1855 George Ferrers Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend (age 77) died in Genoa. Earl of Leicester extinct. Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire abeyant. His first cousin John (age 57) succeeded 4th Marquess Townshend, 7th Viscount Townsend, 7th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 9th Baronet Townshend.
On 10th September 1863 John Townshend 4th Marquess Townshend (age 65) died at Raynham Hall, Norfolk. He was buried at the Church of All Saints, Hertford. His son John (age 32) succeeded 5th Marquess Townshend, 8th Viscount Townsend, 8th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 10th Baronet Townshend.
On 6th October 1899 John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend (age 68) died at his home in Laverstock, Wiltshire [Map]. His son John (age 32) succeeded 6th Marquess Townshend, 9th Viscount Townsend, 9th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 11th Baronet Townshend.
On 17th November 1921 John Townshend 6th Marquess Townshend (age 55) died. His son George (age 5) succeeded 7th Marquess Townshend, 10th Viscount Townsend, 10th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 12th Baronet Townshend.
On 23rd April 2010 George Townshend 7th Marquess Townshend (age 93) died. His son Charles (age 64) succeeded 8th Marquess Townshend, 11th Viscount Townsend, 11th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 13th Baronet Townshend.