John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend

Rear-Admiral The Most Honourable
The Marquess Townshend
portrait attributed to Henry William Pickersgill
Member of Parliament for Tamworth
In office
1847–1855
Preceded bySir Robert Peel, Bt, William Yates Peel
Succeeded bySir Robert Peel, Bt, Viscount Raynham
Marquess Townshend
In office
1855–1863
Preceded byGeorge Townshend
Succeeded byJohn Townshend
Personal details
Born(1798-03-28)28 March 1798
Died10 September 1863(1863-09-10) (aged 65)
OccupationBritish nobleman, politician, naval commander
Known forMember of Parliament, Rear-Admiral, 4th Marquess Townshend

Rear-Admiral John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend (28 March 1798 – 10 September 1863), known as John Townshend until 1855, was a British nobleman, peer, politician, and naval commander.

Townshend was the son of Lord John Townshend, younger son of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend. His mother was Georgiana Anne Poyntz. He served in the Royal Navy and achieved the rank of Rear-Admiral. Between 1847 and 1855 he also sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamworth. In the latter year he succeeded his first cousin in the marquessate and entered the House of Lords.

Lord Townshend married Elizabeth Jane Crichton-Stuart, daughter of Lord George Stuart, younger son of John Crichton-Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, on 18 August 1825. They had five children:

Lord Townshend died in September 1863, aged 65, as result of a fall from his horse in the grounds of his home, Raynham Hall, and was buried at East Raynham, Norfolk.[1] He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son John. Lady Townshend died in 1877.

Arms

Coat of arms of John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend
Crest
A stag statant proper, attired and unguled or.
Escutcheon
Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Azure, a chevron ermine between three escallops argent (Townshend); 2nd and 3rd, quarterly gules and or, in the first quarter a mullet argent, in the centre a crescent sable (Vere).
Supporters
Dexter, A stag sable, attired and unguled or; Sinister, A greyhound argent.
Motto
Hæc generi incrementa fides (Faith obtained these honours for our race’).[2]
Other versions
The arms are also shown without the Vere quarters.

See also

  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Townshend, John" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

References

  1. ^ The Complete Peerage, Volume XII. St Catherine's Press. 1953. p. 814. His death place is named as Raynham Park.
  2. ^ Burke's peerage and baronetage. Vol. 2. Burke’s Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. 1999. p. 2836.
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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