Thomas Townshend (MP)
Townshend was the second son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, and his first wife the Hon. Elizabeth Pelham.[1] He was educated at Eton in 1718, and was admitted at King's College, Cambridge and Lincoln's Inn in 1720.[2]
Townshend was returned as Whig
Townshend was returned as MP for Cambridge University in 1754, 1761 and 1768. He was a regular attender in Parliament and made occasional speeches.[4]
Townshend married Albinia Selwyn, daughter of John Selwyn, in 1730.[3] Albinia died in 1739. In 1752, Townshend bought Frognal House, near Sidcup in Kent. He survived his wife by over 40 years and died in May 1780, aged 78. Their son Thomas became a prominent politician and was created Viscount Sydney in 1789. Townshend had brothers Charles, William and Roger, and nephews George, Charles and Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning.
See also
References
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 57. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Townshend, Thomas (TWNT720T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b "TOWNSHEND, Hon. Thomas (1701-80), of Frognal, Kent". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "TOWNSHEND, Hon. Thomas (1701-80), of Frognal, Kent". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 22 February 2019.