Biography of John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend 1831-1899

On 18th August 1825 [his father] John Townshend 4th Marquess Townshend [aged 27] and [his mother] Elizabeth Jane Stuart [aged 22] were married.

On 10th April 1831 John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend was born to [his father] John Townshend 4th Marquess Townshend [aged 33] and [his mother] Elizabeth Jane Stuart [aged 27].

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 [his father] John [aged 57] succeeded 4th Marquess Townshend, 7th Viscount Townsend, 7th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 9th Baronet Townshend.

In 1856 [his brother-in-law] John St Aubyn 1st Baron St Levan [aged 26] and [his sister] Elizabeth Clementina Townshend Baroness St Levan were married. She the daughter of [his father] John Townshend 4th Marquess Townshend [aged 57] and [his mother] Elizabeth Jane Stuart [aged 52]. They were sixth cousins.

On 10th September 1863 [his father] John Townshend 4th Marquess Townshend [aged 65] died at Raynham Hall, Norfolk. He was buried at the Church of All Saints, Hertford. His son John [aged 32] succeeded 5th Marquess Townshend, 8th Viscount Townsend, 8th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 10th Baronet Townshend.

On 17th October 1865 John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend [aged 34] and Anne Elizabeth Clementina Duff Marchioness Townshend [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Townshend. She the daughter of James Duff 5th Earl Fife [aged 51] and Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay Countess Fife [aged 36]. He the son of John Townshend 4th Marquess Townshend and Elizabeth Jane Stuart [aged 62].

On 17th October 1866 [his son] John Townshend 6th Marquess Townshend was born to John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend [aged 35] and [his wife] Anne Elizabeth Clementina Duff Marchioness Townshend [aged 19]. He a great x 2 grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom. He married 9th August 1905 Gwladys Sutherst Marchioness Townshend and had issue.

In 1870 [his daughter] Agnes Elizabeth Audrey Townshend was born to John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Elizabeth Clementina Duff Marchioness Townshend [aged 22]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom. She married James Cunninghame Durham and had issue.

On 30th November 1872 Edward St Aubyn 1st Baronet [aged 73] died. His son [his brother-in-law] John [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Baronet St Aubyn of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. [his sister] Elizabeth Clementina Townshend Baroness St Levan by marriage Lady St Aubyn of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall.

On 27th January 1877 [his mother] Elizabeth Jane Stuart [aged 73] died.

After 27th January 1877. Church of St Mary, East Raynham [Map]. Memorial to [his mother] Elizabeth Jane Stuart [deceased], John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend [aged 45] and [his grandson] Nicholas Townshend Durham.

Elizabeth Jane Stuart: On 18th July 1803 she was born to George Stuart. On 18th August 1825 John Townshend 4th Marquess Townshend and she were married. On 27th January 1877 Elizabeth Jane Stuart died.

Nicholas Townshend Durham: he was born to James Cunninghame Durham and Agnes Elizabeth Audrey Townshend. He a great x 3 grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom. On 17th March 1943 Nicholas Townshend Durham was killed in action at the Battle of the Mareth Line.

On 7th August 1879 [his father-in-law] James Duff 5th Earl Fife [aged 65] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Alexander [aged 29] succeeded 6th Earl Fife.

In May 1881 at the Salisbury Petty Sessions Edward Thynne [aged 74] described how he had been accosted by John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend [aged 50] and two accomplices on the road between Laverstock and Salisbury. John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend struck him several times with the handle of a horse whip. John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend was convicted of assault and sentenced to a fine of £500 or three months in prison. After some hours in jail, he reluctantly paid the fine.

In 1887 [his brother-in-law] John St Aubyn 1st Baron St Levan [aged 57] was created 1st Baron St Levan of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. [his sister] Elizabeth Clementina Townshend Baroness St Levan by marriage Baroness St Levan of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. They had six sons and seven daughters.

In 1889 [his brother-in-law] Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife [aged 39] was created 1st Duke Fife. Louise Windsor Duchess Fife [aged 21] by marriage Duchess Fife.

On 27th July 1889 [his brother-in-law] Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife [aged 39] and Louise Windsor Duchess Fife [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 47] and Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 44]. He the son of [his father-in-law] James Duff 5th Earl Fife and [his mother-in-law] Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay Countess Fife. They were half third cousins. He a great grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

On 6th October 1899 John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend [aged 68] died at his home in Laverstock, Wiltshire [Map]. His son John [aged 32] succeeded 6th Marquess Townshend, 9th Viscount Townsend, 9th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 11th Baronet Townshend.

On 31st December 1925 [his former wife] Anne Elizabeth Clementina Duff Marchioness Townshend [aged 78] died.