Lord John Townshend, the Glossary
Lord John Townshend PC (19 January 1757 – 23 February 1833), styled The Honourable John Townshend until 1787, was a British Whig politician.[1]
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48 relations: Admiral, Augustus Clifford, Balls Park, British people, Cambridge University (UK Parliament constituency), Charles Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville, Charles Fox Townshend, Charles James Fox, Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough, Charles Townshend, Charlotte Townshend, Viscountess Townshend, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Etheldreda Townshend, Eton College, Field marshal, Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough, George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, George III, George Rose (politician), George Tierney, George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, James Hare (British politician), James Mackintosh, James Mansfield, John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend, Joshua Reynolds, Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency), Lord Charles Somerset, Marquess Townshend, Paymaster of the Forces, Privy Council (United Kingdom), Richard Croftes, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Royal Navy, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, St John's College, Cambridge, The Right Honourable, Westminster (UK Parliament constituency), Whigs (British political party), William Augustus Fawkener, William Cavendish (MP for Derby), William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, William Pitt the Younger.
- Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Cambridge University
- Townshend family
Admiral
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies.
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Augustus Clifford
Admiral Sir Augustus William James Clifford, 1st Baronet, (26 May 1788 – 8 February 1877) was a British Royal Navy officer, court official, and usher of the Black Rod.
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Balls Park
Balls Park in Hertford is a Grade I Listed mid-17th-century house.
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British people
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.
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Cambridge University (UK Parliament constituency)
Cambridge University was a university constituency electing two members to the British House of Commons, from 1603 to 1950.
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Charles Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville
Charles Augustus Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville PC, DL (28 April 1776 – 25 June 1859), styled Lord Ossulston until 1822, was a British politician. Lord John Townshend and Charles Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville are uK MPs 1802–1806, uK MPs 1806–1807, uK MPs 1807–1812 and uK MPs 1812–1818.
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Charles Fox Townshend
Charles Fox Townshend (28 June 1795 – 1817) was the founder of the Eton Society. Lord John Townshend and Charles Fox Townshend are Townshend family.
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Charles James Fox
Charles James Fox (24 January 1749 – 13 September 1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, was a British Whig politician and statesman whose parliamentary career spanned 38 years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Lord John Townshend and Charles James Fox are British MPs 1780–1784, British MPs 1784–1790, British MPs 1790–1796, British MPs 1796–1800, Lords of the Admiralty, uK MPs 1801–1802 and uK MPs 1802–1806.
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Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough
Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough, (2 January 1760 – 17 January 1838) was an English politician and connoisseur of the arts. Lord John Townshend and Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough are British MPs 1784–1790, British MPs 1790–1796, British MPs 1796–1800, uK MPs 1801–1802, uK MPs 1802–1806, uK MPs 1806–1807, uK MPs 1807–1812 and uK MPs 1812–1818.
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Charles Townshend
Charles Townshend (27 August 1725 – 4 September 1767) was a British politician who held various titles in the Parliament of Great Britain. Lord John Townshend and Charles Townshend are Lords of the Admiralty and Townshend family.
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Charlotte Townshend, Viscountess Townshend
Charlotte Townshend, Viscountess Townshend (died 3 September 1770), suo jure 16th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley and 7th Baroness Compton, known as Lady Charlotte Compton until 1749 and as Lady Ferrers of Chartley from 1749 to 1764, was a British peeress.
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Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Elizabeth Christiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Hervey; 13 May 1758 – 30 March 1824) was an English aristocrat and letter writer.
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Etheldreda Townshend
Audrey Etheldreda Townshend, born Audrey Etheldreda Harrison, became Lady Lynn and later Viscountess Townshend (1708 – 5 March 1788) was a celebrated English socialite, widely believed to have inspired the character Lady Bellaston, the notorious fictional cougar in Henry Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, dramatised in the 2023 TV series played by Hannah Waddingham.
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Eton College
Eton College is a 13–18 public fee-charging and boarding secondary school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, England.
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Field marshal
Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the second most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks, but junior to the rank of Generalissimo.
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Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough
Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough (24 January 1758 – 3 February 1844), styled the Viscount Duncannon from 1758 to 1793, was an Anglo-Irish peer. Lord John Townshend and Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough are British MPs 1780–1784, British MPs 1784–1790, British MPs 1790–1796 and Lords of the Admiralty.
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George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, KG (14 January 1760 – 28 September 1844), styled Earl of Euston until 1811, was a British peer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1782 to 1811 when he succeeded to the Dukedom. Lord John Townshend and George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton are British MPs 1780–1784, British MPs 1784–1790, British MPs 1790–1796, British MPs 1796–1800, members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Cambridge University, uK MPs 1801–1802, uK MPs 1802–1806, uK MPs 1806–1807 and uK MPs 1807–1812.
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George III
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820.
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George Rose (politician)
George Rose (17 June 1744 – 13 January 1818) was a British politician. Lord John Townshend and George Rose (politician) are British MPs 1784–1790, British MPs 1790–1796, British MPs 1796–1800, uK MPs 1801–1802, uK MPs 1802–1806, uK MPs 1806–1807, uK MPs 1807–1812 and uK MPs 1812–1818.
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George Tierney
George Tierney PC (20 March 1761 – 25 January 1830) was an Irish Whig politician. Lord John Townshend and George Tierney are British MPs 1784–1790, British MPs 1796–1800, uK MPs 1801–1802, uK MPs 1802–1806, uK MPs 1806–1807, uK MPs 1807–1812 and uK MPs 1812–1818.
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George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC (28 February 172414 September 1807), known as The Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was a British soldier and politician. Lord John Townshend and George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend are Townshend family.
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George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend
George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend, PC, FRS (18 April 1753 – 27 July 1811), known as The Lord Ferrers of Chartley from 1770 to 1784 and as The Earl of Leicester from 1784 to 1807, was a British peer and politician. Lord John Townshend and George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend are Townshend family.
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House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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James Hare (British politician)
James Hare (1747–1804) was an English politician, diplomat and wit. Lord John Townshend and James Hare (British politician) are British MPs 1780–1784, British MPs 1784–1790, British MPs 1790–1796, British MPs 1796–1800, uK MPs 1801–1802 and uK MPs 1802–1806.
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James Mackintosh
Sir James Mackintosh FRS FRSE (24 October 1765 – 30 May 1832) was a Scottish jurist, Whig politician and Whig historian. Lord John Townshend and James Mackintosh are uK MPs 1812–1818.
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James Mansfield
Sir James Mansfield, (originally Manfield; 10 May 1734 – 23 November 1821) was a British lawyer, judge and politician. Lord John Townshend and James Mansfield are British MPs 1780–1784 and members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Cambridge University.
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John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough
John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, PC (31 August 1781 – 16 May 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician. Lord John Townshend and John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough are uK MPs 1802–1806, uK MPs 1807–1812 and uK MPs 1812–1818.
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John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend
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. Lord John Townshend and John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend are Townshend family.
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Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter who specialised in portraits.
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Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Knaresborough was a parliamentary constituency which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868, and then one MP until its abolition in 1885.
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Lord Charles Somerset
Lord Charles Henry Somerset PC (12 December 1767 – 18 February 1831), born in Badminton, England, was a British soldier, politician and colonial administrator. Lord John Townshend and Lord Charles Somerset are British MPs 1796–1800, uK MPs 1801–1802, uK MPs 1802–1806, uK MPs 1806–1807, uK MPs 1807–1812 and uK MPs 1812–1818.
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Marquess Townshend
| name. Lord John Townshend and Marquess Townshend are Townshend family.
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Paymaster of the Forces
The Paymaster of the Forces was a position in the British government.
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Privy Council (United Kingdom)
The Privy Council (formally His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council) is a formal body of advisers to the sovereign of the United Kingdom.
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Richard Croftes
Richard Croftes (c. 1740 – 1783) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1767 and 1780.
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Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, (20 March 1776 – 17 January 1839), styled Earl Temple from 1784 to 1813 and known as the Marquess of Buckingham from 1813 to 1822, was a British landowner and politician. Lord John Townshend and Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos are British MPs 1796–1800, uK MPs 1801–1802, uK MPs 1802–1806, uK MPs 1806–1807, uK MPs 1807–1812 and uK MPs 1812–1818.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
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Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (12 December 1724 – 27 January 1816) was an admiral in the Royal Navy. Lord John Townshend and Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood are British MPs 1784–1790, British MPs 1790–1796 and Lords of the Admiralty.
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St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort.
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The Right Honourable
The Right Honourable (abbreviation: The Rt Hon. or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)
Westminster was a parliamentary constituency in the Parliament of England to 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain 1707–1800 and the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801.
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Whigs (British political party)
The Whigs were a political party in the Parliaments of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
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William Augustus Fawkener
William Augustus Henry Fawkener (c.1750–1811) was a British civil servant and diplomat.
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William Cavendish (MP for Derby)
William Cavendish MP (10 January 1783 – 14 January 1812) was an English nobleman and Whig politician. Lord John Townshend and William Cavendish (MP for Derby) are uK MPs 1802–1806, uK MPs 1806–1807 and uK MPs 1807–1812.
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William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, (14 December 1748 – 29 July 1811), was a British nobleman, aristocrat, and politician.
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William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire
William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, (21 May 1790 – 18 January 1858), styled Marquess of Hartington until 1811, was an English peer, courtier and Whig politician.
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William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, (25 October 175912 January 1834) was a British Pittite Tory politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, but was a supporter of the Whigs for the duration of the Napoleonic Wars. Lord John Townshend and William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville are British MPs 1780–1784 and British MPs 1784–1790.
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William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British statesman, the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom from January 1801. Lord John Townshend and William Pitt the Younger are British MPs 1780–1784, British MPs 1784–1790, British MPs 1790–1796, British MPs 1796–1800, members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Cambridge University, uK MPs 1801–1802 and uK MPs 1802–1806.
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See also
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Cambridge University
- Arthur Annesley, 5th Earl of Anglesey
- Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland
- Charles Yorke
- Edward Finch (diplomat)
- George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
- James Mansfield
- Lord John Townshend
- Thomas Townshend (MP)
- Thomas Willoughby (MP)
- William Pitt the Younger
- William de Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham
Townshend family
- Anne Townshend, Marchioness Townshend
- Baron Bayning
- Caroline Townshend, 1st Baroness Greenwich
- Charles Fox Townshend
- Charles Powlett, 2nd Baron Bayning
- Charles Townshend
- Charles Townshend (British Army officer)
- Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning
- Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
- Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend
- Dorothy Townshend, Viscountess Townshend
- Earl Sydney
- Frognal House
- George Townshend (Royal Navy officer)
- George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
- George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend
- George Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend
- George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend
- Gwladys Sutherst Townshend
- Henry William-Powlett, 3rd Baron Bayning
- Horatio Townshend (1780–1843)
- Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend
- John Townshend (died 1603)
- John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney
- John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney
- John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend
- John Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend
- John Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend
- Life of Charles Townshend (British Army officer)
- Lord Charles Townshend (1769–1796)
- Lord Charles Townshend (1785–1853)
- Lord James Townshend
- Lord John Townshend
- Marquess Townshend
- Roger Townshend (British Army officer, born 1708)
- Roger Townshend (Norfolk MP, born 1477)
- Roger Townshend (courtier, died 1590)
- Roger Townshend (judge)
- Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Baronet
- Thomas Townshend (MP)
- Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
- William Townshend (MP)