TowNSEND, Crewe Armand Hamilton
TOWNSEND CREWE ARMAND HAMILTON. Adm. pens, at
St John's, Jane 20, 1893. S. of Horatio Hamilton, landowner and magistrate, of [Cordangan Manor], Co. Tipperary (and
Elizabeth Webb Ware). B. June 5, 1874, at Queenstown.
Schools, Birkenhead and Shrewsbury. Matric. .Michs. 1893;
Scholar, 1893; B..A. 1896. Joined the I.C.S., 1898; District
and Settlement Officer, Punjab, 1906; Director of Agriculture,
Punjab, 1914; Financial Commissioner, 1928-31; Member of the Legislative Assembly. Public Works and Revenue
Minister, Bahawalpur State, 1931-9. C.I.E., 1924. Married, 1906, Rhoda Mary Whitmore, dau. of T. J. Franks, J. P., of
Ballyscadane, Co. Limerick, and had issue. Of Red House,
Castle Townshend, Co. Cork in 1952. {Shrewsbury Reg.;
Who's Who.)
TOWNSEND, EDWARD MANSEL (1882), see TOWNSHEND.
TOWNSEND, ERNEST HORACE. Adm. pens, (age 20) at
Pembroke, Oct. i, 1884. S. of Samuel Philip, Commander,
R.N. B. [Jan. 9, 1865], at Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland.
[School, United Services College, Westward Ho !] Matric.
Michs. 1884; B.A. 1887; M.A. 1892. Ord. deacon (Gloucester
and Bristol) 1888; priest, 1889; C. of Cirencester, Gloucs.,
1888-98. V. of North Ehnham, Norfolk, 1898-1947. Did much archaeological research particularly in connection with
the site of the Saxon cathedral at Elmham. Died Mar. 18,
1947. (Crockford; The Times, Mar. 20, 1947; Church Tunes, Mar. 28, 1947.)
TOWNSEND, FREDERICK. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Trinity Hall,
Dec. 5, 1825. [8th] s. of Gore, Esq. (1768), of Honington Hall,
Warws. [B. May 9, 1799.] Bapt. at Honington, July 7, 1799.
[At the H.E.I.C.S. CoUege, Haileybury, 1814-17. Joined the Bengal Civil Service, 1817, as a Writer; Assistant Collector at
Bareilly, 1819-25.] School, Rugby. Matric. Lent, 1826.
V. of Loxley, Warws., 1831-3. Lived subsequently at
Wellesboume, Warws. Disappears from Clergy List, 1865.
{Rtigby Sch. Reg., incorrect as to date of birth; Foster, Index
Eules.; Clerical Guide; V. Hodson.)
TOWNSEND, FREDERICK. Adm. pens, (age 21) at Trinity,
May i8, 1844. S. of [the Rev.] Edward James (Merton
College, Oxford, 1805) [R. of Ilmington, Warws.] (and Mary,
dau. of John Hambrough, Esq., of Marchwood, Hants.).
B. [Dec. 5, 1822] at Rawmarsh, Yorks. School, Harrow.
Matric. Michs. 1844; B.A. 1850; M.A. 1855. Of Honington
Hall, Warws. Succeeded his uncle, 1873. M.P. for Warws.
(Stratford), 1886-92. J. P. and D.L. for Warwicks.; J.P. for Worcs. F.L.S. Author, Flora of Hampshire. Married, 1863,
Mary Elizabeth, only child of the Rev. Robert Butler, V. of
St John's, Kilkenny. Died Dec. 16, 1905, at Nice. (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Walford, County Families.)
TOWNSEND, FREDERICK. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Jan. 27, 1887. S. of Abraham. B. [Nov. 21, 1858], at Staines, Middle-
sex. Schools, Uttoxeter Grammar and St John's Hall, Highbury. Matric. Lent, 1887. Ord. deacon (Colchester)
1887; priest (St Albans) 1888; C. of All Saints, Leyton, Essex,
1887-9. C. of St George's, Kingston, Jamaica, 1889. C. of
St Luke's, Portsmouth, 1889-90. Chaplain (Mission to Seamen) in Waterford estuary, 1891-1900; in Cork harbour,
1900-1. C. of St Peter's, Islington, 1901-2. C. of St Andrew's,
Islington, 1902-8. C. of St Mark's, Victoria Docks, 1909-11.
Lie. Pr., dio. of London, 1911-15. C. of St Anne's, Tollington
Park, 1915-20. C. of Earlsfield, Surrey, 1920-9. V. of Ingham,
Norfolk, 1929-31. Latterly of Durban, Natal. Disappears from Crockford, 1935. (Peile, 11. 733.)
TOWNSEND, GEORGE. Adm. sizar at Trinity, May 28, 1808.
[S. of George, Independent minister of Ramsgate. B. there,
1788. School, Ramsgate.] Matric. Lent, 1808; B.A. 1812;
M.A. 1816. D.D., Durham, 1845. Ord. deacon, 1813; priest,
1814; C. of Littleport, Cambs., 1813-14. C. of Hackney,
1814-15. Professor at Sandhurst, 1816-22. C. of Fam-
borough, Hants., 1816-22. Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop
of Durham, 1822-57. Preb. of Durham, 1825-57. V. of
Northallerton, Yorks., 1826-39. P-C. of St Margaret's, Durham, 1839-42. Twice married and had issue. Author, Oedipus Romanus ; The Old Testament arranged in historical
arui chronological order; The New Testament arranged in
historical and chronological order; The Accusations of History
against the Church of Rome; Life and Vindication of John
Foxe; Journal of a Tour in Italy in 1850, with an Account of an
Interview with the Pope in Italy in 1850, Poems, Sermons, etc.
Died Nov. 23, 1857, at the College, Durham. Father of
James F. (1831) and the next. (Boase, ni. 997; Clergy List;
D.N.B.; G. Mag., 1858, i. loi.)
TOWNSEND (post TOWNESEND), GEORGE FYLER. Adm. pens,
(age 17) at Trinity, July 9, 1831. S. of the Rev. George
(above), of Durham. B. at Littleport, Cambs. School,
Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1832; B.A. 1837; M.A. 1840. MA.
ad eundem, Durham. D.C.L., Canterbury, 1876. President
of the Union, 1835. Ord. deacon, 1837; priest, 1838. Chaplain
TowNSEND, John Sealy Edward
to the Duke of Northumberland and to the Bishop of Tas-
mania. V. of Brantingham, Yorks., 1842-57. V. of Leominster,
Heref., 1857-62. P.C. of St Michael's, Burleigh Street, Covent Garden, London, 1862-93. The last Clerical Proctor
for granting marriage licences in Doctors' Commons; resigned, 1893. Author, The Christian Pilgrimage from the
Cradle to the Grave; Warnings from the Past, or Sermons
Vindicative of the Providence of God; History of the Town and
Borough of Leominster ; A New Translation of Three Hundred
Aesop's Fables; Handbook of Malta; An English Guide to the Cathedral Churches of Valetta and Civita Vecchia; The Sea
Kings of the Mediterranean; The Sie^e of Colchester, etc.
Assumed the name of Townesend, 1882. Resided latterly at
Hastings, where he died Jan. 2, 1900, aged 85. Brother of
James F. (1831). {Harrow Sch. Reg.; Scott, MSS.; Crockford;
The Times, Jan. 4, 1900.)
TOWNSEND (or TOWNSHEND), GORE. Adm. FeU.-Com.
(age 17) at St John's, Sept. 12, 1768. [Only] s. of Joseph [of Honington Hal), Warws.], deceased (and Judith, dau. of
John Gore, M.P. for Great Grimsby). B. in London. School,
Eton. Succeeded his father at Honington Hall, 1763. High
Sheriff of Warws., 1777-8. Married, Mar. 30, 1776, Lady
Elizabeth Windsor, 2nd dau. of the 4th Earl of Plymouth.
Died Jan. 6, 1826, aged 73, at Honington Hall. Father of
Frederick (1825). {Eton Coll. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 520; Walford, County Families.)
TOWNSEND, HENRY HARE. Adm. FeU.-Com. at Trinity Hall,
Jan. 11, 1785. S. of James, Esq., Alderman of London [Lord
Mayor, 1772-3] (and Henrietta Rosa du Plessis). [School,
Harrow.] Of Downhills, Tottenham; Busbridge Hall, Godal-
ming; Walpole, Norfolk and St James's Square, London. Married, Dec. 29, 1789, Charlotte, dau. of Sir James Winter
Lake, Bart., of Edmonton. Died Apr. 6, 1827. Father of
Chauncy H. (1816). {Harrow Sch. Keg.; G. Mag., 1827, I.
380; Gunning, Vol. i, 38-9.)
TOWNSEND, HENRY WILLIAM WORTH. Adm. at Clare,
Oct. 5, 1889. [S. of William Henry Worth, of King's Newnham manor house, Rugby. B Mar. 11, 1871.] School, Rugby.
Matric. Michs. 1889; B.A. 1892. At St Thomas's Hospital. M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1897. Surgeon, R.N., 1900-10. Dis- appears from Medical Directories, 1920. {Rugby Sch. Reg.)
TOWNSEND, HORACE. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity,
Mar. 7, 1856. Of Courtmaskerry, Co. Cork. [Only s. of the
Rev. Horace, deceased (by his 2nd wife, Jane Florence, dau.
of Justin MacCartie, of Carrignavar). B. Apr. i, 1837.
School, Cheltenham College.] Did not reside. {Cheltenham
Coll. Reg.; Burke, Irish Gentry.)
TOWNSEND, JAMES FREDERICK. .Adm. pens, at Trinity,
July 9, 1831. [2nd s. of the Rev. George (1808), Canon of
Durham. School, Harrow.] Did not reside. Matric. from
University CoUege, Oxford, June 10, 1833, age 17; B.A.
(Oxford) 1837. C. of Lyme Regis, Dorset, -1841-2. Died
Nov. 14, 1844, aged 29, at Durham. Brother of George F.
(1831). {Harrow Sch. Reg.; Al. Oxon.; Clergy List; G. Mag.,
1844, II. 664.)
TOWNSEND, JAMES HENRY. Adm. at Pembroke, Oct. 1898.
5th s. of James, printer and wholesale stationer, of Mount
Radford Crescent, Exeter. B. Mar. 16, 1879, at 53, Queen
Street, Exeter. School, Exeter. Matric. Michs. 1898; B.A.
1901; M.-A.. 1908. Ord. deacon (Rochester) 1903; priest, 1904;
C. of St James, Bermondsey, 1903-8. C. of St Paul's, Winchmore Hill, 1908-11. P.C. of Coxley, Somerset, 1911-36.
Rural Dean of Shepton Mallet, 1925-36. 'P.C. of St Benedict's, Glastonbury, 1936-51. Married, 1914, Katie, dau. of B.
Languth. Of Vicars Close, Wells in 1952. {Crockford; Who's Who in Somerset.)
TOWNSEND, JOHN CHARLES. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel,
Nov. 7, 1868. S. of the Rev. Charles George Gretton (1837),
of Berwick Place, Hatfield Peverel, Essex. B. 1850. School,
Haileybury. Matric. Michs. 1869; B.A. 1874; M.A. 1877.
Farmed in Essex for some years. Died Jan. 8, 1927. {Hailey- bury Reg.)
TOWNSEND, JOHN HENRY MOSES. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. II, 1867. B. in California. Matric. Lent, 1868, as
Towsend (clearly signed) ; also Townsend in CaUndar.
TOWNSEND, JOHN SEALY EDWARD. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
Oct. 19, 1895; an advanced Student. [2nd] s. of [Professor]
Edward, of Queen's College, Galway. B. June 7, 1868, at Gal- way. [From Trinity College, Dublin.] Matric. Michs. 1895 ; B.A.
1897; Clerk Maxwell Scholar, 1898; M.A. 1903. Fellow, 1899.
Assistant University Demonstrator in experimental physics,
1900-1. Wykeham Professor of Physics at Oxford, 1901-41. Fellow (and Hon. Fellow) of New CoUege, Oxford. F.R.S.,
1903. Hon. D.Sc, Paris. Served in the Great War, 1914-19
(A.B., R.N.V.R.; Major, Special List; ChevaUer, Legion of
Honour). Knighted, 194 1. Married, 1911, Mary Georgiana,
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