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 TOWNSHEND. 417 Marquessate. 3 and 5. George (Town'siiexd, sometime I J Eu.KRKKR). Marquess Towsshend OF RaYNIIAM [1787] • 1807 K u "' " K UMCBWW [1781], &c, 1st s. ,in,l h., by first Viscountcy &c. ' wife • 6. IS April and Imp. 7 Hty 1753, at St. Geo. y B*#- *q ; ed. at Eton and at St. John's Coll.. Cam- briilge ; sue. lo i/ic peerage as Loud de Ferrers and LORD CojifTOS, ob the death of his mother. 11 Sep. 1770, an,l was, when of ape, sum. to Pari, as I, Dili) FERRERS, by writ, 25 April 1774, directed " Ocorge Tuions/ieml dc fierrtri," taking his seat accordingly o:i the 27th, next below the Lord Audley and next above the Lord Daere.f*) He was an offioi r in the army from 1770 to about 1775 ; was cr. M.A. of Cambridge, b' July 1773 ; K.R.S.. 15 Sep. 17S1 ; Capt. of the Gent Pensioners. 1782-S3. aud'l7S3-90 ; P.O., 1782 ; a Lord of Trade. fca, 1784-86 ; Pres. of the Sue. of Antiquaries, 1784, and was a: v. p., 18 May US-l.C') EARL Otf THE COUNTY UF LEICESTER,!.") taking his seat the next day. He was a trustee of the British Museum 1787; Master of the Alint. 1790-94; Joint Postmaster General, 1794-9!); L. Steward of the Household, 1799—1802. By the death of his father. 14 Sep. 1S07. he sue. as 2d Marque* Townthtnd »f ttaunkam, &c. ; High Steward of Tamworth, 1S07. He hi., 24 Dec. 1777, at Lambeth Palace chapel, Charlotte, 2,1 sister and coheir of Roger, da. of Baton M.UNWAiiiSii-Er.LKKKKii. formerij/ Mainwaklvo, of Risby Park, co. York, by Barbara, sister and h. of Abraham DlXON, of Belford, eo. Northumberland. He, bv Act of Pari., took the name of Elltrker, pursuant to the will of his wife's kinsman, Ellei 'ker BradsHaw, of Risby afsd. She d. at Bath, 2 Feb. 1802, aud was our. at Raynhatn. He d. suddenly at Richmond, 27 July 1811. and was bur. at Raynham afs'd.,^ 1 ) aged 5S. Will dat. 19 July 1811, pr, same year. Marquessate. "| J and G. George FERHAn8( e ) (Towxshekd), jjj ! Makqukss TOWSCSHEHD of Rayniiam [17S7], Earl of ! iftli Leicester [1784|. Viscount Townshknd of Ratxham Viscountcy, &c. I ' [1382), Lord ob Fbrrers [1299], Lord Comffoh [1572], i and BaRON TowNHHRMD of Lynn Regis [1661], also a V »" J Baronet [1617], 1st a. and h. ; It. in Wimpole street, 13 Dec. 1778, and bap. at St. Marylebone ; was known as LORD Ciiarti.et,(0 1784-87 ; ed. at Eton and at Cambridge; styled Earl of LbiOESTKR from 1807 till he sue. to the peerage, as above, 27 July 1811. He. however (who was disinherited by bis father', never took his seat, it being " iu consequence of some unpleasant occiircncc,"(H) undesirable for him to reside in the realm. He m., 12 -May 1807, at St. Geo., Han. sq., Sarah (then a minor and residing in Lower caricaturist." Lecky (vol. iv. pp. 372-373) speaks more favourably of him, calling him "by no means an unamiable man. He was brave, honest, aud frauk ; popular in his manners, witty, convivial, and with a great turn for caricature, but violent and capricious in his temper, and destitute of tact, dignity and decorum. He certainly drank hard, and he was accused of low vices, and a great love of low companions. . . being generally thought 'a good-humoured, cheerful man, meaning no harm,' dis- interested, benevolent, and sincere." His courage was much doubted, owing to his having declined or avoided several duels, and to his conduct at the taking of Quebec, but, as to this hist matter, Bancroft (/list. American Her.) says of him that he was "brave but deficient in sagacity." In Feb. 1773, he fought a duel with the young Lord Bellamont, and shot him in the belly. See p. 416, note "d," as to his Irish Vieeroyship. His portrait. " after T. Hudson," is engraved in " Doyle." (») See vol. iii, p. 335, note " b," sub " Ferrers." ('') See vol. iii, p. 335, note "c," sub " Ferrers," as to his erroneous designation in that patent. (*) See vol. v., p. 51, note " h," sub " Leicester," as to his descent from the ancient Earls of Leicester. C) He was a good antiquary and was fond of intellectual pursuits. («) This spelling (doubtless the most correct, tho' not the most usual, oue for " I)e Ferrariis") was adopted by his father who called himself Lord Ferrars, aud who entered the baptism of the child as a son of George, " Lord de Ferrars. ( f ; i.e., " Ferrers de Chartley," by which style the Barony of Ferrers was frequently known. (B) Carpenter's Peerage for the People," 1S49. 2 D