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.

TOWNSON, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1619 (Chapter Muniments 32451).

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, 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, 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.

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.

TOWNE, ERNEST JOSIAH, son of Joseph Towne, St. Helen’s Place, Bishopsgate, London, solicitor, and Louisa —; b. 27 Jul 1829; adm. 12 Feb 1844 (Scott's); QS 1844; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1848, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1848, scholar 1849; BA 1852; ordained deacon 26 Jun 1853 (Durham), priest 1854; Curate Ewell, Surrey, Chester-le-Street, co. Durham, and Langley, Essex; Vicar of Forcett, Yorks., 1863-77; Vicar of Bothenhampton, Dorset 1877-81; Chaplain to Messrs. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1881-1903; m. 24 Jun 1857 Isabella Sheppee (IGI)

TOWERS, WILLIAM, eldest son of Right Rev. John Towers DD, Bishop of Peterborough, and Mary ---; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1629; KS 1630; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1634, matr. 1 Sep 1634, aged 17, still Westminster Student c. 1642 (no longer 1650); BA 1638; MA 1641; BD 1646; ordained deacon 16 Apr 1641, priest 19 Apr 1641 (both Peterborough); Prebendary of Peterborough 20 Apr 1641; Rector of Barnack, Northants 1644; took refuge in Oxford until its surrender; ejected from his preferments; served as Curate, Upton, Northants; restored to preferments at Restoration; Rector of Fiskerton, Lincs., from 1662; author, Atheismus Vapulans, 1654, and other works; m. Frances ---; d. 20 Oct 1666. DNB.

TOWERS, GEORGE, only son of Rev. George Towers, Vicar of Fordingbridge, Hampshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Tarrant, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, attorney; b.; in school list 1754; KS (aged 14) 1759; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1763, matr. 9 Jun 1763, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1763 - void 1767; adm. Middle Temple 31 Jul 1762; d. 5 Jun 1767.

TOVEY, THOMAS, of London; b.; adm.; KS 1639; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1645, scholar 1645, matr. Easter 1646; BA 1648/9.