George Townshend, second Marquess Townshend

(1753-1811)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Townshend, George Townshend, Marquess, 1755-1811 NRA: Townshend George (1755-1811) 2nd Marquess Townshend DNB: Townshend, George, second Marquess Townshend (1753-1811), antiquary and politician LBT ID: LdTowns2 VIAF ID: 41399432 LOC ID: no90021008	B/BAP: 1753-04-18 DIED: 1811-07-27
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The son of the first marquess (d. 1807), he was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge; he held political offices and was president of the Society of Antiquaries. He disinherited his son George, afterwards third marquess.
REFERENCES TO George Townshend, second Marquess Townshend: William Ponsonby to Lady Morgan, [May 1823] in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Found 1: ¶ 1 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 14 April 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XII Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. V: 1827