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.