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Biography of Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend 1674-1738

Paternal Family Tree: Townshend

Before 22nd May 1673 [his father] Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend (age 42) and Mary Lewkenor (age 38) were married.

On 24th November 1673 [his father] Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend (age 42) and [his mother] Mary Ashe Viscountess Townshend (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.

On 18th April 1674 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend was born to Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend (age 43) and Mary Ashe Viscountess Townshend (age 22).

In December 1685 [his mother] Mary Ashe Viscountess Townshend (age 33) died.

On 10th December 1687 [his father] Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend (age 56) died. His son Charles (age 13) succeeded 2nd Viscount Townsend, 2nd Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 4th Baronet Townshend.

On 11th July 1700 [his son] Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend was born to Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 26) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend.

On 2nd June 1701 [his son] Thomas Townshend was born to Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 27) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend.

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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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In 1702 [his son] William Townshend was born to Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 27) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend.

On 5th June 1708 [his son] Roger Townshend was born to Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 34) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend.

Before 11th May 1711 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 37) and Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend were married. She by marriage Viscountess Townsend.

On 11th May 1711 [his wife] Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend died.

Before 25th July 1713 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 39) and Dorothy Walpole Viscountess Townsend (age 26) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Townsend.

In 1716 [his son] Augustus Townshend was born to Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 41) and [his wife] Dorothy Walpole Viscountess Townsend (age 29).

On 29th October 1716 [his son] George Townshend was born to Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 42) and [his wife] Dorothy Walpole Viscountess Townsend (age 30).

In 1718 [his son] Horatio Townshend was born to Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 43) and [his wife] Dorothy Walpole Viscountess Townsend (age 31).

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 25th October 1719 [his son] Dean Edward Townshend was born to Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 45) and [his wife] Dorothy Walpole Viscountess Townsend (age 33).

In 1721 [his son] Richard Townshend was born to Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 46) and [his wife] Dorothy Walpole Viscountess Townsend (age 34).

In 1722 [his daughter] Dorothy Townshend was born to Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 47) and [his wife] Dorothy Walpole Viscountess Townsend (age 35).

On 28th November 1722 [his son-in-law] Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 22) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis were married.

On 29th May 1723 [his son] Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Audrey aka Etheldreda Harrison (age 15) were married.

In 1724 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 49) was appointed 543rd Knight of the Garter by King George I (age 63).

In 1726 [his brother-in-law] Robert Walpole 1st Earl Orford (age 49) was appointed 545th Knight of the Garter by King George I (age 65).

On 29th March 1726 [his wife] Dorothy Walpole Viscountess Townsend (age 39) died although the circumstances are somewhat mysterious; possibly smallpox.

Before 27th August 1729 [his son] William Townshend (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Henrietta Paulett (age 29) were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1730 [his son] Thomas Townshend (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Albinia Selwyn were married.

Before 1735 attributed to Thomas Murray (age 71). Portrait of Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 60).

On 29th January 1738 [his son] William Townshend (age 36) died.

On 21st June 1738 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 64) died. His son [his son] Charles (age 37) succeeded 3rd Viscount Townsend, 3rd Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 5th Baronet Townshend.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis was born to Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend and Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend.

[his daughter] Mary Townshend was born to Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend and Dorothy Walpole Viscountess Townsend.

Royal Ancestors of Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend 1674-1738

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend 1674-1738

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Townshend

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Townshend

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Lunsford

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Townshend

Great x 4 Grandfather: William

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne de Brewse aka Braose

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hopton of Blythburgh

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Townshend 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stanhope

Great x 3 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bourchier 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Stanhope Baroness Berkeley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Rawson of Aveley in Essex

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Rawson

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrix Cooke

GrandFather: Roger Townshend 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bacon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Bacon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel or Eleanor Cage

Great x 2 Grandfather: Nathaniel Bacon

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferneley of West Creeting in Suffolk

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Ferneley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Bacon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Gresham

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Gresham

Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Lynne

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Gresham

Father: Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Joseph Ashe 1st Baronet

Mother: Mary Ashe Viscountess Townshend