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 416 TOWNSTTEND. St. George in India, by Frances, da. and h. of Reginald Rray, of Barrington, co. Gloucester (■') lie tl. 12 May 170-1. Will ]ir. 17(51. His widow d. very suddenly, 9 and was bur. 12 March 179$, at All Saints, Hertford, aged Will pr. 17S8. Viscountcy, &c. .{ ami 2. Geouge (TowxsiiESn), Viscount Towx- IV 176L SHEXD of Ravmmm, ft©, 1st s. an.l b,(«) ; 6. 28 Feb. 1723/1. one of Ids sponsors at baptism being George L; eil. at Cambridge, of Marquessate- which I'niv. be was cr. M.A, 3 .luly 1749; joined the Army, . i~Q7 was aide-de-camp to tlie I >nke of Cumberland, 1717-50, &c. ; was chief in command (after the death of Gen. Wolfe) at the siege of Quebec, becoming dually. 1790, FlKLD Marshal, having been Col. of the 04th and 28tb Foot, 1750 ; of the 2d Keg. of Dragoon Guards. 1773; Lieut, Gen. of the Ordnance, 1703-67. and Master Gen. thereof, 1772/S2, ami again. 17S3. He Has M.l'. for co. Norfolk, 1747-84 ; P.O., 1 7 <>0 : .inc. to (lie pm-ayc, 12 March 1701 j was Vicerov of Ireland (as L. Limit. )■ 1707-72 ; was cr. 31 Oct. 17S7, MARQUESS •) TOWNSHENDi') UP KAVNH.VM, co. Norfolk. L, Lieut, and Vice Admiral of Norfolk, 17yi j High Steward "f Great Yarmouth. 1791 ; of Tamworth, 1797, and of Norwich ; Gov. of Hull, 1791 ; of Chelsea Hospital. 17P5, an.l of Jersey |79tf. He m. firstly, 19 Dec. 1771. in Audley chapel, St. Geo, Han. s.p (Lie. Vac.}, Charlotte ("a great(s) fortune ") ski jure Baroness dk Ferrers, 3d da. of .lames (CoMPTOS), 5tll Haul of Northampton, ami sole heir (S May 17191 to her mother, Elisabeth, inc. jure Baroness DE Ferrers ('■) She, On the death of her father. 3 Oct. 1764, became also. sun jure BaBOHBSS CoMITon. She <l. at Leixlip Castle, Co. Kildare (her husband being then Viceroy of Ireland), 14 Sep. and was bur. 1 Oct. 1770, at ltaynhaui.(') He m. secondly, 19 May 1773, at St. Geo., Han. sip (spec, lie), Anne, da. of Sir William Mo.ntoo.MERV, 1st Hart., of Magbie Hill, Tweeddale, by his Mist wife, Hannah, da. anil coheir of Alexander Tomkins, of Pricheu, co. Londonderry. He d. at liaynham, 11 and was bur. there, 28 Sep. 1S07, aged S3.( k ) Will pr. 1807. His widow, who was a distinguished "leader of fashion," (/. in Weymouth street, 29 March 1S19. Will pr. 1819. (•■>) Clutterbuek's " Herts " (vol. ii, p. ISO). The mother of this Kthcldreda is elsewhere stated to be a da. of Thomas Whorwood. ( b ) From her wit ami gallantries she is supposed to be the original of " Lady Bellaston " in - Tnm-Jmiet." H. Walpole (" Gen. If.." vol. i. p. 39) speaks of her as one Who "employed all her wit and malice, the latter of which, without any derogation to the former, hail vastly the ascendant," and narrates lib. vol. iii) how that " Lady Brown" said to her, on her abusing the Royal family, "it was very well while you were only affected, but now yon are (i7.«-at)ected it is intolerable." < c ) His next br., the Ht. Hon. Charles Townshend, a distinguished statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1700-07 (</. 3 Sep. 1707, aged 12), was the husband of Caroline. SVO jure Baroness Greenwich. ( d ) His government of Ireland called forth the following remarks : (1) from Lord Charlemont, 19 Aug. 1707, that "his headstrong impetuosity, uncurbed either by principle or prudence, rendered his administration at once dangerous and contemp- tible " ; (2) from Hor. Walpole, Oct. 1772. that he had "drawn on himself universal contempt. Proud, insolent, sarcastic, ill-tempered ami ill-natured, stooping to the lowest buffooneries aud debasing the dignity of Government"! i3) from Lecky that " he sought for popularity by sacrificing the dignity aud decorum of his position, and brought both his person and his office into contempt." (°) This was two years after his son had been cr. an £a)l, so that his Marquessate was probably owing to the anomalous position they thus relatively occupied. ( r ) See vol. ii, p. 1(12, note " a," tub " Cadogati," for similarly framed titles. ftl She was reputed to be the richest heiress of her time. ('■) See tabular pedigree in vol. iii, p. 331, note "a," nub " Ferrers " (!) She is one of the three beautiful sisters called "The Graces," in a picture by llomney, in the Nat. Gallery. ( k ) H. Walpole (" 8t9. 11") speaks of him in his youth as "a very particular young man, with much oddness, some humour, no knowledge, great fickleness, greater waut of judgment and with still more disposition to ridicule," and later in life speaks of his " proud, sullen, aud contemptuous temper," and of his seeing everything " in an illnatured and ridiculous light." In 1705 he was considered to be "a clever
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