Person:Richard Townshend (2)

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Richard Townshend
b.1731
d.12 Dec 1783
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m. Oct 1752
  1. Elizabeth Townshend
  2. Richard Boyle Townshend1756 - 1826
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Name Richard Townshend
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1731
Marriage Oct 1752 to Elizabeth FitzGerald
Death[1] 12 Dec 1783
Alt Death[2] 23 Dec 1783
Reference Number? Q7329526?


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Richard Townsend (c. 1731 – 12 December 1783) was an Irish politician.

He was the oldest son of Richard Townsend, son of Bryan Townsend, and his second wife Elizabeth Beecher, daughter of Henry Beecher and granddaughter of Thomas Beecher. His younger brother was John Townsend.[1] Townsend served as colonel of the Cork Militia and was appointed High Sheriff of County Cork in 1753. He entered the Irish House of Commons for Cork County in 1759 and represented the constituency until his death in 1783.[2] In 1776, he was also elected for Dingle, however chose not to sit.

In October 1752, he married Elizabeth FitzGerald, daughter of John FitzGerald, 15th Knight of Kerry.[3] They had a daughter and a son Richard Boyle Townsend.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richard Townsend (politician), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ Foster, Joseph. The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families, together with their paternal ancestry. (London, England: Hazell, Watson and Viney Limited, 1884)
    v2 p43.
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