Townshend was a captain in the Royal Navy.[1] He was also appointed a captain in the Norfolk Rangers of Yeomanry Cavalry on 18 April 1831.[3][4] In 1818 he was returned to parliament as one of two representative for Helston, a constituency mainly controlled by his brother-in-law, the Duke of Leeds. He lost his seat in 1832 when the representation was reduced to one member, but was once again elected in 1835. This time he held the seat until 1837.[5]
Townshend married Elizabeth, daughter of Provo Featherstone Wallis and sister of Provo Wallis, on 13 June 1813. He died in June 1842, aged 56.[1]
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^ abcBurke, John. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Volume II, p. 550. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1832.
^Records of the Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry, to which is added the fencible and provisional Cavalry of the same county from 1780 to 1908 ... Jarrold. 1908. pp. 217–218.
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