John Townsend

(1760-1832)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Townsend, John (1760-1832), Bow Street runner LBT ID: JoTowns1832	B/BAP: 1760 DIED: 1832-07-10
SOURCES: DNB
A Bow Street Runner for over half a century, he was responsible for the security of the royal family.
REFERENCES TO John Townsend: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VIII. Found 1: ¶ 99