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Persönliche Daten Charles TOWNSHEND 

• Er wurde geboren am 18. April 1675 in Raynham Hall, Raynham, Norfolk.
• Titel: 2nd Viscount Townshend
• Er ist verstorben am 21. Juni 1738 in Raynham Hall, Raynham, Norfolk, er war 63 Jahre alt.
• Ein Kind von Horatio TOWNSHEND und Mary ASHE

Familie von Charles TOWNSHEND

(1) Er ist verheiratet mit Elizabeth PELHAM.

Sie haben geheiratet am 3. Juli 1698 in Raynham, Norfolk, er war 23 Jahre alt.

Kind(er):

1. Charles TOWNSHEND  1700-1764
2. William TOWNSHEND  1702-1738
3. Roger TOWNSHEND  1708-1760
4. Elizabeth TOWNSHEND  1699-1785 
5. Thomas TOWNSHEND  1701-1780 

(2) Er ist verheiratet mit Dorothy WALPOLE.

Sie haben geheiratet Juli 1713 in Raynham, Norfolk, er war 38 Jahre alt.

Kind(er):

1. Edward TOWNSHEND  1719-1765 
2. George TOWNSHEND  1715-1769
3. Augustus TOWNSHEND  1716-1746
4. Horatio TOWNSHEND  1718-1784
5. Dorothy TOWNSHEND  1722-1779
6. Mary TOWNSHEND  1724-1776

Notizen bei Charles TOWNSHEND

Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, KG, PC, FRS (18 April 1674 - 21 June 1738) was an English Whig statesman. He served for a decade as Secretary of State for the Northern Department, 1714-1717, 1731-1730. He directed British foreign policy in close collaboration with his brother-in-law, prime minister Robert Walpole. He was often known as Turnip Townshend because of his strong interest in farming turnips and his role in the British Agricultural Revolution.

Townshend was the eldest son of Sir Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend, who was created Baron Townshend in 1661 and Viscount Townshend in 1682. The old Norfolk family of Townshend, to which he belonged, is descended from Sir Roger Townshend (d. 1493) of Raynham, who acted as legal advisor to the Paston family, and was made a justice of the common pleas in 1484. His descendant, another Sir Roger Townshend Townshend.

Born at Raynham Hall, Norfolk, Townshend succeeded to the peerages in December 1687, and was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. He had Tory sympathies when he took his seat in the House of Lords, but his views changed, and he began to take an active part in politics as a Whig. For a few years after the accession of Queen Anne he remained without office, but in November 1708 he was appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, having in the previous year been summoned to the Privy Council. He was ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the States-General from 1709 to 1711, taking part during these years in the negotiations which preceded the conclusion of the Treaty of Utrecht.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in April 1706.

"Turnip" Townshend
His later years were passed at Raynham, where he interested himself in agriculture. He died at Raynham on 21 June 1738. He promoted adoption of the Norfolk four-course system, involving rotation of turnips, barley, clover, and wheat crops. He was an enthusiastic advocate of growing turnips as a field crop, for livestock feed. As a result of his promotion of turnip-growing and his agricultural experiments at Raynham, he became known as "Turnip Townshend". Townshend is often mentioned, together with Jethro Tull, Robert Bakewell, and others, as a major figure in England's "Agricultural Revolution", contributing to adoption of agricultural practices that supported the increase in Britain's population between 1700 and 1850.

Family
Townshend was twice married-first to Elizabeth Pelham (d. 1711), daughter of Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton and his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Jones of Ramsbury Manor.

Children of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend of Raynham and Hon. Elizabeth Pelham
Hon. Elizabeth Townshend (d. 1 Dec 1785) married Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis on 28 Nov 1722. They were the parents of General Cornwallis, who commanded the British forces in the American Revolution.
Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend of Raynham b. 11 Jul 1700, d. 12 Mar 1764
Hon. Thomas Townshend b. 2 Jun 1701, d. 21 May 1780
Hon. William Townshend b. 1702, d. 29 Jan 1738
Hon. Roger Townshend b. 5 Jun 1708, d. 7 Aug 1760

Secondly, he was married to Dorothy Walpole (1686-1726), sister of Sir Robert Walpole, who is said to haunt Raynham as the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall.

Children of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend of Raynham and Dorothy Townshend
Hon. George Townshend b.1715 d. Aug 1769
Hon. Augustus Townshend b. 1716 d. 1746.
Hon. Horatio Townshend b. 1718 d. 1764
Very Rev. Hon. Edward Townshend b. 25 Oct 1719, d. 27 Jan 1765, Dean of Norwich (1761-1765), Canon of Westminster (1749-1761)
Hon. Richard Townshend b. 1721 d. at a young age.
Hon. Dorothy Townshend b.1722 d.1779.
Hon. Mary Townshend married Lieutenant General Edward Cornwallis(5 Mar 1724 - 14 Jan 1776), son of Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis of Eye and Lady Charlotte Butler, in 1763

He had nine sons, one of them died at a young age. The eldest son, Charles, the 3rd viscount (1700-1764), was called to the House of Lords in 1723. The second son, Thomas Townshend (1701-1780), was member of parliament for the University of Cambridge from 1727 to 1774; his only son, Thomas Townshend (1733-1800), who was created Baron Sydney in 1783 and Viscount Sydney in 1789, was a secretary of state and Leader of the House of Commons from July 1782 to April 1783, and from December 1783 to June 1789 again a secretary of state, Sydney in New South Wales being named after him; his grandson, John Robert Townshend (1805-1890), the 3rd viscount, was created Earl Sydney in 1874, the titles becoming extinct at his death. Charles Townshend's eldest son by his second wife was George Townshend (1715-1769), who after serving for many years in the navy, became an admiral in 1765. The younger son Edward (1719-1765) became Dean of Norwich

The third viscount had two sons, George, 1st Marquess Townshend, and Charles Townshend.

Townsend was the maternal grandfather of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Townshend,_2nd_Viscount_Townshend

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