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 36 BAYNING became extinct. "Will dat. i8 Nov. 1676, confirmed 10 and pr. 30 Oct. 1678. BARONY. I. Charles Townshend, only s. and h. of the Hon. X William T.(") of Honingham Hall, Norfolk (3rd surv. '^'' s. of Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend), by Henrietta, da. of Lord William Powlett (2nd s. of Charles, ist Duke of Bolton), by his 2nd wife, Anne, only da. and h. of Major Gen. Randolf Egerton, of Betley, co. Stafford, by his wife (to whom, however, the said Anne was «o/ coh.), the Hon. Elizabeth Murray, ist da. and coh. of Anne, suo jure Viscountess Bayning abovenamed. He was b. 27 Aug., and bap. 6 Sep. 1728, at Twickenham; was ed. at Eton, and at Clare Hall, Cambridge; M.A., 1749; was appointed Secretary to the Embassy to Spain, 17 Sep. 1751; M.P.('') for Yarmouth, 1756-84 and i790-96;('=) a Lord of the Admiralty, 1765-70; of the Treasury 1770-77; Joint Vice Treasurer [I.], 1777-82; P.C. 20 June 1777; Treasurer of the Navy, Apr. to Dec. 1783. On 20 Oct. 1797, he was cr. BARON BAYNING OF FOXLEY, Berks.('^) He m., 21 Aug. 1777, (spec, lie.) at Lambeth Palace, his cousin (once removed), Annabella, sister and h. of Powlet Smith-Powlet, of Sombourne, Hants, and da. of the Rev. Richard Smith, of Itchen, Hants, by Annabella, da. and h. of WilHam Powlett, s. and h. of Lord William Powlett above- named. (") He d. 19 May 18 10, after a few hours' illness, aged 81. Will pr. June 18 10. His widow, who was b. at Sombourne, d. at Chislehurst, 3 Jan. 1825. Admon. Apr. 1825. II. 1 8 10. 2. Charles Frederick Powlett (Townshend, after- wards Powlett), Baron Bayning of Foxley, s. and h., b. 26 Sep., and bap. 3 Nov. 1785, at St. Geo., Han. Sq. Ed. at Trin. Coll. Cambridge; M.A., 1808; M.P. (Tory) for Truro 1808-10. He d. unm., 2 Aug. 1823, at Winchester, aged 37. Will pr. Sep. 1823. III. 1823 3. Henry (Townshend, afterwards William Powlett), to Baron Bayning of Foxley, br. and h., b. 8 June, and 1886. bap. 6 July 1797, at St. Geo., Han. Sq. Ed. at Eton, and at St. John's CoU. Cambridge; M.A., 181 8. In (*) He is called, by George II, "a silent, proud, surly, wrong-headed booby." (Lord Hervey's Memoirs). V.G. ('') He was a Whig until 1770; he then supported Lord North's Tory Govt., and afterwards the Coalition, and was one of " Fox's Martyrs " (see vol. i v, Appendix A), losing his seat at the general election of 1784: in the Pari, of 1790-96, he voted with Pitt. As a peer he acted uniformly with the Tories. V.G. (■=) See A^. & Q., loth Ser., vol. xi, p. 282, for a long article, by the Rev. A. B. Beaven, on the two Charles Townshends and their Pari. Constituencies, which are given wrongly in the Officio/ Return, Diet. Nat. Biog., and elsewhere. V.G. {^) See note " e " on previous page. (') See full account and pedigree of " Powlett, Lords of Marrick, co. York," in Coll. Top. et Gen., vol. v, p. 256.