Biography of George Ferrers Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend 1778-1855

On 24th December 1777 [his father] George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend [aged 24] and [his mother] Charlotte Mainwaring Ellerker Countess of Leicester [aged 6] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend [aged 53] and [his grandmother] Charlotte Compton 16th Baroness Ferrers Chartley 7th Baroness Compton.

On 13th December 1778 George Ferrers Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend was born to George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend [aged 25] and Charlotte Mainwaring Ellerker Countess of Leicester [aged 7].

In 1784 [his father] George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend [aged 30] was created 1st Earl of Leicester. [his mother] Charlotte Mainwaring Ellerker Countess of Leicester [aged 12] by marriage Countess of Leicester.

On 2nd February 1802 [his mother] Charlotte Mainwaring Ellerker Countess of Leicester [aged 30] died.

12th May 1807 George Ferrers Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend [aged 28] and Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend were married. He the son of George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend [aged 54] and Charlotte Mainwaring Ellerker Countess of Leicester.

On 14th September 1807 [his grandfather] George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend [aged 83] died. His son [his father] George [aged 54] succeeded 2nd Marquess Townshend, 5th Viscount Townsend, 5th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 7th Baronet Townshend.

On 24th October 1809 John Margetts Brewer and [his wife] Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend were married bigamously at Gretna Green, Dumfrieshire. She was, at the time, married to George Ferrers Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend [aged 30] although they had separated on 8th May 1808. The couple had a number of children who adopted the surname Townshend until delegitimated in 1843 by a private Act of Parliament and barred from using the surname Townshend.

On 20th July 1811 John Dunn-Gardner was born to John Margetts Brewer and [his wife] Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend. His mother had married John Margetts Brewer bigamously so legally John Dunn-Gardner was the son of her first husband George Ferrers Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend [aged 32] and was, therefore, styled by the courtesy title Earl of Leicester.

On 27th July 1811 [his father] George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend [aged 58] died. His son George [aged 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. [his wife] Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend by marriage Marchioness Townshend.

Archaeologia Volume 16 Section XXVIII. Description of a Crom-Leach [Kilmogue Portal Tomb [Map]], in the County of Kilkenny, By Mr. Joseph Thomas Finegan. Communicated by The Marquess Townshend [aged 33], and Earl of Leicester, President. Read 30th April, 1806.

On 31st December 1855 George Ferrers Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend [aged 77] died in Genoa. Earl of Leicester extinct. Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire abeyant. His first cousin John [aged 57] succeeded 4th Marquess Townshend, 7th Viscount Townsend, 7th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 9th Baronet Townshend.

On 11th September 1858 [his former wife] Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend died.