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Charles Townshend, second viscount Townshend
(1674-1738)
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LOC:    Townshend, Charles Townshend, Viscount, 1674-1738
NRA:    Townshend Charles (1674-1738) 2nd Viscount Townshend statesman
DNB:    Townshend, Charles, second Viscount Townshend (1674–1738), politician, diplomatist, and agricultural innovator
LBT ID: LdTowns2a    VIAF ID: 18073467    LOC ID: n84001361		B/BAP:   1674-04-18
DIED:   1738-06-21
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thepeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
Whig diplomat, statesman, and rival of Sir Robert Walpole; in retirement he experimented with crop rotation, acquiring the nickname Turnip Townshend.
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