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TOWNSHEND, MAURICE FITZGERALD STEPHENS, third son of Richard Boyle Townsend MP, Castle Townshend, co. Cork, and Henrietta, dau. of John Devonsher Newenham, Marborough, co. Cork; grandson of Richard Townshend (qv); b. 1790; adm.; left 1808; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1808, Canoneer Student 1808-24; BA 1812; MA 1815; ordained; Vicar of Thornbury with Falfield, and Oldbury, Gloucs., from 12 Sep 1823; assumed additional surname of Stephens 8 Aug 1845; altered spelling of Townsend to Townshend 1870; DL JP Gloucestershire; m. 16 May 1826 Alice Elizabeth, third dau. of Richmond Shute, Iron Acton, Gloucs.; d. 21 Mar 1872.

TOWNSHEND, HARRY LEIGH, eldest son of Henry Townshend, Caldecote Hall, Warwicks., and Jane, dau. of John Shaw Leigh, Luton Hoo, Beds.; b. 27 Jun 1842; adm. 7 Jun 1855 (G); QS 1857; left 1858; Cornet, 1st Dragoons 9 Dec 1862; Lieut., 12th Foot 12 Sep 1865; Capt., 30 Jun 1877; retd. 7 Aug 1878; of Caldecote Hall, Warwicks.; JP Warwickshire 1883, High Sheriff 1901; m. 20 Oct 1880 Hon. Annie Ellen Brooks, dau. of Thomas Brooks, 1st Baron Crawshaw; d. 30 Apr 1924.

TOWNSEND-FARQUHAR, SIR ROBERT TOWNSEND, BART., brother of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, Bart. (qv); b. 14 Oct 1776; adm. 6 Jun 1787; KS 1789; Writer, EICS Madras 10 Sep 1793; Assistant to Accountant, Board of Revenue 1796; Assistant to Resident, Amboyna (now Ambon, Indonesia) and Banda 1797, Deputy Commercial Resident 1798, Commercial Resident 1798-1802; Commissioner for adjusting British claims in the Moluccas 1802; Lieut. -Gov., Prince of Wales Island 1804-6; Governor of Mauritius 1810-23, where he successfully suppressed the slave trade; created baronet 21 Aug 1821; assumed additional surname of Townsend 19 Jul 1824; MP Newton (Lancs. ) Feb 1825-6, Hythe from 1826; Director, East India Co., 1826-8; author, Suggestions for counteracting any injurious effects upon the population of the West Indian colonies from the abolition of the Slave Trade 1807; m. 10 Jan 1809 Maria Frances Geslip, second dau. of Joseph Francis Louis de Latour, firm Francis Latour & Co, agents, Madras; d. 16 Mar 1830. DNB.

TOWNSEND-FARQUHAR, SIR MINTO WALTER, BART., second son of Sir Walter Minto Townsend-Farquhar, Bart., MP, and Erica Catherine Mackay, natural dau. of Eric Mackay, 7th Baron Reay (S) (qv); grandson of Sir Robert Townsend Townsend-Farquhar, Bart. (qv); b. 18 Dec 1837; adm. 6 Jun 1849 (G); an intimate friend of Francis Markham (qv), who refers to him frequently in his Recollections of a Town Boy at Westminster; two curious experiences of his when at school are related in Elizabethan xiii, 86-7; at Haileybury Coll. 1855-7; Writer, EICS Madras 1857; resigned in England 22 May 1861; succ. brother as 4th baronet 16 May 1867; [m. ?]; d. 8 Jun 1872.

TOWNSEND-FARQUHAR, SIR JOHN HENRY, BART., brother of Sir Minto Walter Townsend-Farquhar, Bart. (qv); b. 2 Aug 1839; adm. 5 Apr 1853; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1856; Cornet, unattached 4 Nov 1856; Lieut., 7th Bengal Light Cavalry 23 Jan 1857; 2nd Bengal European Cavalry 1 May 1858; Capt., 1 Jan 1862; Sub-Assistant, Stud Dept., 30 Nov 1863; Brevet Maj., 2 Oct 1872; retired 1874; served in Indian Mutiny; wounded at Chinhut and one of the defenders of Lucknow; succ. brother as 5th baronet 8 Jun 1872; d. 14 Aug 1877.

TOWNSEND, WILLIAM; b.; adm. 27 Apr 1775.

TOWNSEND, SAMUEL; b.; adm. 17 Jul 1780. [“see new slip”]

TOWNSEND, SAMUEL; b.; adm. 24 Jul 1776, chorister.

TOWNSEND, RICHARD, brother of James Smith Townsend (qv); bapt. Honiton 11 Aug 1801 (IGI); adm. 21 Jan 1811; KS (aged 12) 1814; left 13 Dec 1817.

TOWNSEND, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1730.