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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.

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.