George Townshend

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British Army officer British politician human peer of Great Britain

George Townshend was an 18th-century British Army officer and politician who later became Marquess Townshend and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend 1
Lord Townshend 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
British politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
peer of Great Britain ⓘ
awardReceived Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter ⓘ
surface form: Knight of the Garter
burialPlace East Raynham, Norfolk, England ⓘ
child George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend ⓘ
Lord John Townshend ⓘ
conflict Seven Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Seven Years’ War

War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
createdMarquessTownshend 1787 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1724-02-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1807-09-14 ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Townshend ⓘ
father Charles Townshend ⓘ
surface form: Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend
givenName George ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
mother Audrey Harrison ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Townshend ⓘ
Marquess Townshend ⓘ
Viscount Townshend ⓘ
notableEvent Present at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham ⓘ
notableFor high command in the Seven Years’ War in North America ⓘ
service as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
notableWork Surrender of Montreal (1760) – British commander after Wolfe’s death ⓘ
parliamentaryTermEnd 1764 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStart 1747 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England ⓘ
positionHeld Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Master-General of the Ordnance ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Norfolk ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Charlotte Compton, 16th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley ⓘ
termEndAsLordLieutenantOfIreland 1772 ⓘ
termStartAsLordLieutenantOfIreland 1767 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Quebec (1759) → commander → George Townshend ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Townshend
Charles Townshend → sibling → George Townshend ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend