Viscount Townsend
Viscount Townsend is in Viscountcies of England Alphabetically, Viscountcies of England Chronologically, Extant Viscountcies of England.
1st: Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend. Died 1687. Son.
2nd: Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend. Died 1738. Son.
3rd: Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend. Died 1764. Son.
4th: George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend. Died 1807. Son.
5th: George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend. Died 1811. Son.
6th: George Ferrars Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend. Died 1855. First Cousin.
7th: John Townshend 4th Marquess Townshend. Died 1863. Son.
8th: John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend. Died 1899. Son.
9th: John Townshend 6th Marquess Townshend. Died 1921. Son.
10th: George Townshend 7th Marquess Townshend. Died 2010. Son.
In 1682 Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend (age 51) was created 1st Viscount Townsend. Mary Ashe Viscountess Townshend (age 30) by marriage Viscountess Townsend.
On 10 Dec 1687 Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend (age 56) died. His son Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 13) succeeded 2nd Viscount Townsend, 2nd Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 4th Baronet Townshend.
Before 11 May 1711 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 37) and Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend were married. She by marriage Viscountess Townsend.
Before 25 Jul 1713 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 39) and Dorothy Walpole Viscountess Townsend (age 26) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Townsend.
On 21 Jun 1738 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 64) died. His son Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend (age 37) succeeded 3rd Viscount Townsend, 3rd Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 5th Baronet Townshend.
On 12 Mar 1764 Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend (age 63) died. His son George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend (age 40) succeeded 4th George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend (age 40), 4th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 6th Baronet Townshend. His son George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend (age 40) succeeded 4th Viscount Townsend.
On 14 Sep 1807 George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend (age 83) died. His son George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend (age 54) succeeded 2nd Marquess Townshend, 5th Viscount Townsend, 5th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 7th Baronet Townshend.
On 27 Jul 1811 George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend (age 58) died. His son George Ferrars Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend (age 32) succeeded 3rd Marquess Townshend, 2nd Earl of Leicester, 6th Viscount Townsend, 6th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 8th Baronet Townshend, 18th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 9th Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend by marriage Marchioness Townshend.
On 31 Dec 1855 George Ferrars Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend (age 77) died in Genoa. His first cousin John Townshend 4th Marquess Townshend (age 57) succeeded 4th Marquess Townshend, 7th Viscount Townsend, 7th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 9th Baronet Townshend.
Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire abeyant.
Earl of Leicester extinct.
On 10 Sep 1863 John Townshend 4th Marquess Townshend (age 65) died at Raynham Hall, Norfolk. He was buried at the Church of All Saints, Hertford. His son John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend (age 32) succeeded 5th Marquess Townshend, 8th Viscount Townsend, 8th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 10th Baronet Townshend.
On 06 Oct 1899 John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend (age 68) died at his home in Laverstock, Wiltshire [Map]. His son John Townshend 6th Marquess Townshend (age 32) succeeded 6th Marquess Townshend, 9th Viscount Townsend, 9th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 11th Baronet Townshend.
On 17 Nov 1921 John Townshend 6th Marquess Townshend (age 55) died. His son George Townshend 7th Marquess Townshend (age 5) succeeded 7th Marquess Townshend, 10th Viscount Townsend, 10th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 12th Baronet Townshend.
On 23 Apr 2010 George Townshend 7th Marquess Townshend (age 93) died. His son Charles Townshend 8th Marquess Townshend (age 64) succeeded 8th Marquess Townshend, 11th Viscount Townsend, 11th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 13th Baronet Townshend.