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Charles Frederick Powlett, 2nd Baron Bayning (26 September 1785 – 2 August 1823), known as the Honourable Charles Townshend from 1797 to 1810, was a British peer and
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. Bayning was the eldest son of
Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning PC (27 August 1728 – 19 May 1810) was a British politician. Background and education Bayning was the only son of William Townshend, third son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. George Townshend, ...
, son of William Townshend and Henrietta Powlett. His mother was Annabella Smith-Powlett, daughter of Reverend Richard Smith and Annabella Powlett. He was educated at
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. In 1808 Bayning was elected to the
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, a seat he held until 1810, when he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the
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. In 1821 he assumed by Royal Licence the surname of Powlett in lieu of Townshend. He lived at
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. Lord Bayning died in August 1823, aged 37. He never married and was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother
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Marquess Townshend Marquess Townshend 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. History The Townshend family descends from Rog ...


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Charles Powlett The Reverend Charles Powlett (1728 – 29 January 1809) was a noted patronage, patron of English cricket who has been described as the mainstay, if not the actual founder, of the Hambledon Club.Ashley-Cooper, p. 155. Powlett held an important po ...
Powlett, Charles Powlett, Charles UK MPs who inherited peerages People from Honingham Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge