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Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend (11 July 1700 – 12 March 1764), known as The Lord Lynn from 1723 to 1738, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1723 when he was elevated to the House of Lords by writ of acceleration.
11 de abr. de 2024 · Charles Townshend was a British chancellor of the Exchequer whose measures for the taxation of the British American colonies intensified the hostilities that eventually led to the American Revolution. The second son of the 3rd Viscount Townshend, he was educated at Cambridge and Leyden. In 1747 he.
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Townshend was born at Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England, as the second son of Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and Audrey Harrison. A sickly child, he later graduated from Leiden University and served in various political roles, including as a member of the Board of Trade, Lord of the Admiralty, Paymaster of the Forces, and ...
11 de jun. de 2018 · Townshend, Charles. TOWNSHEND, CHARLES. (1725–1767). British politician. Second son of the third Viscount Townshend, he was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, Leiden University, and Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the bar in 1747. In the same year he was elected to Parliament for Great Yarmouth, and in 1748 he became a member ...
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, KG PC FRS ( / ˈtaʊnzənd /; 18 April 1674 – 21 June 1738) was an English Whig statesman. He served for a decade as Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1714 to 1717 and again from 1721 to 1730.
9 Charles, third viscount Townshend of Raynham (1700–64), M.P. for Great Yarmouth 1722–3, lord of the Bedchamber 1723–7, master of the Jewel Office 1730–8, lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum, Norfolk, 1730–8, succeeded to the title 1738.
Vida. Ele nasceu na residência de sua família em Raynham Hall em Norfolk, Inglaterra, segundo filho de Charles Townshend, 3º Visconde Townshend e Audrey (falecido em 1788), filha e herdeira de Edward Harrison do Ball's Park, perto de Hertford. Ele era uma criança doente, sofria de epilepsia e tinha um relacionamento tenso com os pais. [ 1] .
