Rear Admiral John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend (28 March 1798 – 10 September 1863), known as John Townshend until 1855, was a British nobleman, peer, politician, and naval commander. Townshend was the son of

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, younger son of

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. His mother was Georgiana Anne Poyntz. He served in the

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and achieved the rank of

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. Between 1847 and 1855 he also sat as a

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(MP) for Tamworth. In the latter year he succeeded his first cousin in the marquessate and entered the

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. Lord Townshend married Elizabeth Jane Crichton-Stuart, daughter of Lord George Stuart, younger son of John Crichton-Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, on 18 August 1825. They had five children: *Lady Audrey Jane Charlotte Townshend (d. 1926), married firstly, Greville Howard, son of

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and had issue. She married secondly, General

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. *James Dudley Browlow Stuart Townshend (d. 1846), unmarried *Anne Maria Townshend (d. 1899), married Alexander Sherson *Elizabeth Clementina Townshend (d. 1910), married

John St Aubyn, 1st Baron St Levan John St Aubyn, 1st Baron St Levan (23 October 1829 – 14 May 1908), known as Sir John St Aubyn, 2nd Baronet, from 1872 to 1887, was a British Liberal, and later Liberal Unionist, politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1858 until 1887 wh ...

and had issue * John Villiers Stuart Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend (1831–1899) Lord Townshend died in September 1863, aged 65, as result of a fall from his horse in the grounds of his home,

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, and was buried at

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. His death place is named as Raynham Park. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son John. Lady Townshend died in 1877.

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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * *

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