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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
George Townshend canonical	2
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 ⓘ
familyName	Townshend ⓘ
father	Charles Townshend ⓘ surface form: Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend
givenName	George ⓘ
memberOf	House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ 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 (4)

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

Battle of Quebec (1759) → commander → George Townshend ⓘ

Charles Townshend → sibling → George Townshend ⓘ

this entity surface form: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend

Secretary of State for the Northern Department → officeHeldBy → George Townshend ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Townshend

Townshend → hasNotableBearer → George Townshend ⓘ