Thomas Stewart Townsend (1800–1852) was an Irish

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in the

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in the 19th century. He was successively

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and

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to 1850. He became

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in 1850 and died in post in

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on 16 September 1852. His Times obituary noted that "by his death the system of national education has lost an earnest advocate".

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, Thursday, 30 September 1852; pg. 8; Issue 21234; col A Ireland. (From our own correspondent.)

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