John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend

Who was John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend?

Rear Admiral John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend, known as John Townshend until 1855, was a British 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 Member of Parliament 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:

Lady Audrey Jane Charlotte Townshend, married firstly, Greville Howard, son of Charles Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk and had issue. She married secondly, General Redvers Henry Buller.

James Dudley Browlow Stuart Townshend, unmarried

Anne Maria Townshend, married Alexander Sherson

Elizabeth Clementina Townshend, married John St Aubyn, 1st Baron St Levan and had issue

John Villiers Stuart Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend