Lord Charles Townshend
Politician
1769 – 1796
Who was Lord Charles Townshend?
Lord Charles Patrick Thomas Townshend was a British Member of Parliament.
Townshend was the fourth son of Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, and his first wife Charlotte Compton, 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley. George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend, and Lord John Townshend were his elder brothers and Charles Townshend his uncle. He was elected to the House of Commons for Great Yarmouth on 25 May 1796. However, only two days later he was murdered by his brother the Reverend Lord Frederick Townshend during a coach journey to London, aged only 27. Lord Frederick was later declared insane.
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- Born
- Jan 6, 1769
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- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain
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- Died
- May 27, 1796
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on July 23, 2013
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