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	Townshend, George, 1st Marquess
		Townshend, George, 1st Marquess, soldier (b in Eng 28 Feb 1724; d at Rainham, Kent, Eng 14 Sept 1807).
		One of James WOLFE's brigadiers at the siege of Québec in 1759, Townshend assumed temporary command of the army when Wolfe was killed and the senior officer, Robert MONCKTON, was wounded during the battle on Sept 13; on Sept 18 he accepted the surrender of the city.
		Ultimately Townshend achieved the rank of field marshal, climaxing a career as full of public honours as it was empty of significant accomplishment.
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	George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend PC (February 28, 1724 - September 14, 1807) was a British soldier and reached the rank of field marshal.
		Townshend served as a brigadier in Quebec, under General James Wolfe; when the latter died, and his second-in-command (Robert Monckton) was wounded, Townshend took command of the British forces during the siege of Quebec.
		Townshend married Lady Charlotte Compton, daughter of James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton, on 19 December 1751.
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	George II of Great Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		George II (George Augustus) (10 November 1683–25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.
		George II was famous for his numerous conflicts with his father and afterwards with his son (a seemingly common problem for members of the Hanoverian dynasty).
		George's Prime Minister, Henry Pelham died in 1754, to be succeeded by his brother, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, and thereafter by William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire in 1756.
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	George Townshend, 1st marquess Townshend - LoveToKnow 1911
		His eldest son George (1755-1811), who became the second marquess, had succeeded to the barony of de Ferrars in 1770 and had been created earl of Leicester in 1784.
		His elder son, George Ferrars Townshend, the 3rd marquess (1778-1855), was disinherited by his father for conduct which also compelled him to reside outside England.
		1866), who became the 6th marquess in 1899, came prominently before the public in 1906 in consequence of a judicial inquiry into his sanity, the decision being that he was not capable of managing his own affairs.
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	George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend Information
		George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend PC (28 February, 1724 – 14 September, 1807) was a British soldier who reached the rank of field marshal.
		Townshend served as a brigadier in Quebec, under General James Wolfe; when the latter died, and his second-in-command (Robert Monckton) was wounded, Townshend took command of the British forces during the siege of Quebec.
		Townshend was promoted to general in 1782, and was elevated to the marquessate in 1787.
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	Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (December 31, 1738-October 5, 1805) was a British general and colonial governor.
		He was the eldest son of (later 1st Earl Cornwallis) and was born in London even though his family's estates were in Kent.
		His mother was a daughter of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend and a niece of the Prime Minister, Robert Walpole.
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	Marquess Townshend - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The title of Marquess Townshend was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1787 for George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend.
		Lord Townshend holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Townshend, of Raynham in the County of Norfolk (1682), and Baron Townshend, of Lynn Regis in the County of Norfolk (1661), in the Peerage of England, and is also an English baronet.
		In addition, the Marquess once held the title Earl of Leicester; however, upon the death of the third Marquess, this title became extinct, the marquessate and other titles passing to a more distant family member.
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	George Townshend, 4th Viscount Raynham, 1st Marquess Townshend - long biography
		Traditionally, Townshend in Ireland has been remembered chiefly as a person who was adept at manipulating the Irish parliament by corrupt means and was considerably disliked.
		Townshend had important artistic abilities; he has been called "the first great English caricaturist." An obituary in the Times said, "In his private character he was lively, unaffected, and convivial." His portrait was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds and by Thomas Hudson.
		Townshend was one of the favoured people who in July 1767 received 20,000-acre grants in St John's (Prince Edward) Island, being awarded Lot 56 in the east end of the Island.
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		She married Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch, son of Sir Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch and Mary Kerr, circa 15 October 1616, with a tocher of 20,000 marks Scots.
		George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend was born on 28 February 1724.
		He was the son of Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend of Raynham and Audrey Ethelreda Harrison.
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		George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738–29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death.
		George was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover.
		HRH Prince George of Wales was born at Norfolk House in London.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
		George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend PC (28 February, 1724–14 September, 1807), known as the Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was a British soldier who reached the rank of field marshal.
		Townshend was the son of Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and Audrey Ethelreda Harrison.
		In 1779, Fort Townshend, was begun by Governor Richard Edwards, naming it after Townshend, who was then Master-General of the Ordnance (1772–1782 and 1783–1784) and responsible for the construction of fortifications.
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	Jack Broughton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A drawing of Jack Broughton by George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend.
		His London Prize Ring rules are widely regarded as the foundation stone of the sport that would become boxing, and were by far the most widely used in pugilistic contests prior to the development of the Marquess of Queensberry rules in the 1860s.
		Aside from his career in boxing, Broughton also served in the Yeomen of the Guard (the bodyguard of the British monarch), as a member of which he accompanied George II at the Battle of Dettingen, the last time a British monarch fought in a battle.
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		George I (Georg Ludwig) (28 May 1660 â€“ 11 June 1727) was Duke of Brunswick-LÃ¼neburg (Hanover) from 23 January 1698, and King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 1 August 1714, until his death.
		The reign of George III, which began in 1760 upon the death of George II, is particularly notable for developments in the office of Prime Minister.
		George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738 â€“ 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death.
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	George Townshend Papers
		George Townshend entered the army after graduation from Cambridge, serving in the War of the Austrian Succession as aide de camp to the duke of Cumberland.
		Townshend was lieutenant general of the Ordnance, 1763-1767.
		In an attempt to rebuild the Crown's influence in Irish politics, Townshend was ordered to make his residence in Dublin and directed to break the political power of the local 'undertakers' and build a party in the Irish Parliament dependent upon the king.
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		Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough of Goojerat (1862)
		Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley of Cairo (1894)
		Julian Hedworth Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1932)
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		Germany in 1757 brought Townshend back to active service as a colonel, and in 1758 he sailed for North See also:
		Quebec he showed himself a capable officer, but his almost open dissatisfaction with Wolfe's methods sensibly added to the difficulty of the enterprise.
		John Townshend (1798-1863), who became the 4th marquess.
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	CHARLES TOWNSHEND, 2ND VISCOUNT TOWNSHEND
		Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674 - June 21, 1738), English statesman, was the eldest son of Sir Horatio Townshend, Bart.
		Charles Townshend succeeded to the peerage in December 1687, and was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge.
		Townshend quickly won the favour of George I, and in September 1714, the new king selected him as Secretary of State for the Northern Department.
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	Encyclopedia: British and Irish History: Biographies
		Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, 1st marquess of
		Byng, Julian Hedworth George, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy
		Carew, George, Baron Carew of Clopton and earl of Totnes
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	George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend - Definition, explanation
		George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC (February 28, 1724 - September 14, 1807) was a British soldier and reached the rank of field marshal.
		However, he held Gen. Wolfe in much contempt, and was harshly criticized upon his return to Great Britain for that reason (Wolfe was a popular hero throughout the country).
		Nonetheless, Townshend became a field marshal on July 30, 1796.
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	List of the Knights of the Garter (1348-present)
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		803 (inv 1894) Gavin (Campbell), 1st Marquess of Breadalbane.
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		• Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, 1st marquess of
		• Byng, Julian Hedworth George, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy
		• Carew, George, Baron Carew of Clopton and earl of Totnes
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		George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC (February28, 1724 - September 14, 1807) was a British soldier and reached therank of field marshal.
		Townshend served as a brigadier in Quebec, under General James Wolfe ; when the latter died, and hissecond-in-command (RobertMonckton) was wounded, Townshend took command of the British forces during the siege of Quebec.
		However, he held Gen. Wolfe in much contempt, andwas harshly criticized upon his return to Great Britain for that reason (Wolfe was a popular hero throughout the country).Nonetheless, Townshend became a field marshal on July 30, 1796.
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	Marquess Townshend -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The title of Marquess Townshend was created in the (Click link for more info and facts about Peerage of Great Britain) Peerage of Great Britain in 1787 for (Click link for more info and facts about George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend) George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend.
		In addition, the Marquess once held the title (An English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265)) Earl of Leicester; however, upon the death of the third Marquess, this title became extinct, the marquessate and other titles passing to a more distant family member.
		They are also related to guitarist of the brittish rock band The Who Pete Townshend.
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	Townshend, of Raynham Hall, Norfolk
		Known colloquially as "Turnip" Townshend, from his introduction of turnips into the Norfolk crop rotation system.
		George TOWNSHEND, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess (1724-1807).
		Fought at the Battle of Culloden; was second-in-command to General Wolfe at the Battle of Quebec, assuming command on the death of General Wolfe.
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		Technically, Coke became the Earl of Leicester of Holkham, and the Marquess Townshend remained the Earl of Leicester.
		However, the Earls of Leicester of Holkham are usually counted among the Earls of Leicester, and as the term "of Holkham" is not needed to make differentiations, it is not often used when speaking of the title.
		Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham (1754-1842)
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		George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC (February 28, 1724 - September 14, 1807) was a (The people of Great Britain) British soldier and reached the rank of (An officer holding the highest rank in the army) field marshal.
		He received (The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River) Quebec City's surrender on September 18, 1759.
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