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TOWNSEND, JOHN HONEYWOOD, brother of James Smith Townsend (qv); b. 17 Jun 1802; adm. 24 May 1815 (G); attorney, practising at Honiton, Devon, from 1828; Mayor of Honiton 1847; m. Jul 1834 Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. John Gaius Copleston, Rector of Offwell, Devon; d. 13 Feb 1858.

TOWNSEND, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1728/9; in school list 1731.

TOWNSEND, JAMES SMITH, son of James Townsend, Honiton, Devon, solicitor, and Mary Smith (IGI); bapt. Honiton 11 Aug 1801 (IGI); adm. 21 Jan 1811; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1813; left 2 Apr 1817; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1816, Robinson exhibitioner 14 Nov 1822; BA 1821; ordained; Curate, St. James’s, Taunton, Somerset 1821; Vicar of Coldridge, Devon, from 1844; Perpetual Curate of Brushford, Devon (disp. to hold with Coldridge 1844); m. 28 Jan 1824 (IGI) Emma, dau. of Thomas Southcote; d. 25 Jun 1856.

TOWNSEND, EDWARD HUME, only surviving son of Rev. Richard Townsend, Rector of Magourney, co. Cork, Prebendary of Cloyne, and Henrietta Murray, dau. of John Hume (qv); b. 3 Sep 1803; adm. 16 Sep 1816 (Best's); left Christmas 1817; at Haileybury Coll. 1820-1; Writer, EICS Bombay 1821; Third Assistant to Commissioners, Deccan 31 Oct 1822; Assistant to Collector, Poona 22 Jan 1823; Secretary to Governor 6 Jun 1836; Assistant Magistrate, Poona 16 Jan 1839; Secretary, Revenue and Finance Depts., 1844; Revenue Commissioner, Southern Division 1847; res. 4 May 1851; m. 1829 Susan, fifth dau. of Rev. Horatio Townsend, Derry, co. Cork, Prebendary of Cork and of Ross, and his second wife; d. 23 Jan 1880.

TOWNSEND, ABRAHAM BOYLE, brother of Maurice Fitzgerald Stephens Townshemnd (qv); b. 11 Oct 1791; adm.; KS 1806; left 1809; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Dec 1809, Canoneer Student 1809-27; BA 1813; MA 1816; ordained deacon 5 Dec 1819, priest 19 Dec 1819 (both Cork); Rector of Easthampstead, Berks., from 7 Aug 1826; d. unm. 5 Feb 1860.

TOWNSEND, ---; b.; in school list 1731.

Townroe, Edward John, son of Bernard Stephen Townroe CBE DL, Chevalier Légion d’Honneur, Gen. Sec. United Assns. of Great Britain and France, and Marjory, d. of Sir William Collingwood KBE MICE, gen. man., Vulcan Foundry Ltd.; b. 14 Jan. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (H); left July 1938; St John’s Coll. Oxf., matric. 1938, BA 1942, MA 1948; ord. deacon 1943, priest 1944 (Durham); missioner Ford Estate Sunderland 1943; chaplain KCL at Warminster 1948, Warden 1956-85, FKC London 1959; Canon and Prebendary of Salisbury 1969-93, examining chaplain to the Bishop 1972; visiting Prof. St Bernard’s Seminary Rochester, New York, 1970 and 1974; author of Essays in the Study of Spirituality 1986; d. 17 July 2018.

TOWNLEY, ZOUCH, of Lancashire (“arm. fil., nat. max”); b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1615, matr. Dec 1618, aged 17, Westminster Student to death; BA 1618; MA 1621; Deputy Public Orator, Oxford Univ.; as such delivered William Camden”s funeral oration, printed Camdeni Insignia, 1624; “esteemed a noted orator and philosopher” (Wood, Fasti Oxon., i, 397); d. 1638.

Townend, Peter Robert Gascoigne, son of Roy George Townend, regional man. War Damage Commn., and Millicent Edna Amy Amelia, d. of Peter Gascoigne, musician, of Oxford; b. 8 Mar. 1935; adm. Sept. 1947 (W); left July 1950; at St Paul’s Sch. 1950-4; Christ’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1954, BA 1957, MA 1962; ed. Lookout magazine Malaga, Spain 1962-6; Roy. Coll. of Music 1964-7; freelance concert organist and conductor; European correspondent Vision, New York, USA 1966-9; acted at Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Italy 1969-70; a writer and photographer; author of Out of Focus 1971, Zoom 1972, Fisheye 1974, Triple Exposure 1976; m. 17 Apr. 1973 Hon. Katharine Patricia Smith, formerly wife of Ivan Moffat, Beverley Hills, CA, USA, and d. of William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden, chmn. W. H. Smith & Son; d. 6 June 1999.

TOWNE, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 10) 1741/2; left 1746. [Perhaps James Towne, son of John Towne and Mary --- (IGI), bapt. St. Clement Danes 20 Sep 1731 (IGI)]