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-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 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.
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.
TOWNSHEND, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Townshend, Castle Townshend, co. Cork, and his second wife Elizabeth, only dau. of Henry Becher, Creagh [check county]; b.; adm. (aged 16) Nov 1747 (Hart's); left 1749; High Sheriff, co. Cork 1753; MP (I) Co. Cork from 1759; a Commissioner of Excise (I) from 22 Jan 1773, and of Revenue (I) from 25 Dec 1773; m. 1752 Elizabeth, only dau. of John Fitzgerald, 15th Knight of Kerry; d. 23 Dec 1783.
TOWNSON, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1619 (Chapter Muniments 32451).
TOWNSON, ROBERT, son of Right Rev. Robert Townson DD, Bishop of Salisbury, previously Dean of Westminster, and Margaret, widow of William Townley, All Hallows, Bread Street, London, and dau. of John Davenant, London; bapt. 18 May 1606; adm.; KS in 1619; Queens’ Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1620; BA 1623/4; MA 1627; Fellow, Queens’ Coll. 1625; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 20 Sep 1629; Prebendary of Salisbury from 22 Sep 1632; dead by 16 Oct 1633.
Towse, Anthony Norman Beresford, son of Maj. Edward Beresford Towse, Roy. Fusiliers, staff of N. M. Rothschild & Sons, and Nora Alice, d. of Edgar Harrv Selby ARIBA, man. dir. John Timpson & Co.; b. 30 Apr. 1921; adm. May 1935 (R); left Dec. 1938; RAFVR 1941-6; Lincoln Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1948, MA 1952; Westcott House Camb. 1948-50; ord. deacon 1950, priest 195 I (Southwell); Curate Beeston, Notts, 1950-7, Norburv, Surrev, 1957-60, Tenterden with Smallhvthe, Kent, 1960-4; Vicar ofAppledore, Kent, 1964-, with. neighbour ing parishes 1972-; Rural Dean South Lympne 1981-7; d. 13 Mar. 2002
TOWSON, THOMAS WADE, son of John Towson, Mill Street, Hanover Square, London, and Corbets Tey, Upminster, Essex, and Mary ---; b. 5 Nov 1805; adm. 16 Sep 1817 (Du Brieux's); left 1822; m. 1st, 18 Dec 1828 Maria Stannard (IGI); m. 2nd, ---; d. 10 Mar 1873.
Traill, Robert Francis, son of Thomas William Traill, R.N., of Orkney, N.B., by Sarah Anne Glasgow, daughter of William McCorkindale; b. Feb. 22, 1881; adm. Jan. 19, 1893 (H); left April 1898; 2nd Lieut. Worcs Regt. May 7, 1902; Lieut. Jan. 18, 1905; Capt. Sept. 18, 1914; Major May 7, 1917; retired Dec. 15, 1920; served in Great War I, mentioned in despatches L.G. Dec. 28, 1918; D.S.O. Sept: 16, 1918; Legion of Honour; d. 1972.