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NameHoratio Townshend Viscount Townshend 
[60, Townshend article, vol XII/1, pp. 802-4], [54, Grandfather, Sir John Townshend's co-article], [54, His own article]
[60, Townshend article, vol XII/1, pp. 802-4], [54, Grandfather, Sir John Townshend's co-article], [54, His own article]Birthca Dec 1630, Stiffkey, Norfolk
Baptism16 Dec 1630, Stiffkey, Norfolk
Deathca Dec 1687
Burial10 Dec 1687, East Raynham church, Norfolk
General2nd bart, 1st viscnt.
EducationSt John’s Coll., Cantab: matric 9 Nov 1644 aged 14.
FatherSir Roger Townshend Bart (ca1596-1637)
MotherMary de Vere (ca1608-1669)
Notes for Horatio Townshend Viscount Townshend
m. (1) Mary Lewkenor who dsp, (2) Mary Ashe and they had issue.
According to G W Miller in the the third chapter on the manor of Scudbury in the book “The History of Chislehurst” by Webb, Miller and Beckwith, originally published in 1899, Horatio “took a prominent part in the restoration of King Charles II., and was by him raised to the peerage as Viscount Townshend”. Effectivly CP confirms this.
From the above book
According to G W Miller in the the third chapter on the manor of Scudbury in the book “The History of Chislehurst” by Webb, Miller and Beckwith, originally published in 1899, Horatio “took a prominent part in the restoration of King Charles II., and was by him raised to the peerage as Viscount Townshend”. Effectivly CP confirms this.
From the above book
DNB Main notes for Horatio Townshend Viscount Townshend
Townshend, Sir Horatio, first Viscount Townshend 1630?-1687
Name
Townshend, Sir Horatio
Title
first Viscount Townshend
Dates
1630?-1687
Active Date
1670
Gender
Male
Place of
Education
Cambridge
Spouse
Mary, daughter and heiress of Edward Lewknor, Mary, daughter of Sir Joseph Ashe, bart.
Likenesses
1..., 2...
Sources
Doyle's Official Baronage; G. E. C[okayne]'s Peerage; Ret. Memb...
Contributor
G. Le G. N. [Gerald le Grys Norgate]
Article
Townshend, Sir Horatio, first Viscount Townshend 1630?-1687, born about 1630, was the second son of Sir Roger, the first baronet, by Mary, daughter and coheiress of Horatio de Vere, baron Vere of Tilbury [see under Townshend, Sir Roger, 1543?-1590]. On the death of his elder brother Roger in 1648 he became heir to the Townshend baronetcy and estates. Three years before, on 27 Nov. 1645, he had been created M.A. of Cambridge.
Townshend was returned as one of the members for Norfolk on 10 Jan. 1658-9, and in the ensuing May was named a member of the council of state which was to hold office till December (Whitelocke, Memorials, p. 678). In the following month, however, Clarendon speaks of him as using his influence in Norfolk and borrowing money for the royalist cause; and in September Nicholas writes of him to Ormonde as one ready to attempt anything for the king if five thousand men could be sent from France or Flanders. Together with Lord Willoughby of Parham he planned the seizure of King's Lynn, but both were arrested before the attempt could be made. On 28 Jan. 1660 Townshend, with Lord Richardson and Sir John Hobart, delivered to Speaker Lenthall a declaration of three hundred gentry of Norfolk praying for the recall of the members secluded in 1648, and for the filling up of vacant places without oath or engagement (ib. p. 694; Kennett, Reg. Chron. p. 35). In the same month he delivered a letter from Charles II to Fairfax, causing him to assemble his old soldiers and march on York (Clarendon). On 14 May Townshend arrived at The Hague as one of the deputation sent to invite Charles II to return (ib.; cf. Kennett, p. 133). In September he received a letter from Charles appointing him governor of King's Lynn. In reward for his services in forwarding the Restoration he was created on 20 April 1661 Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis. In the ensuing August he was appointed lord-lieutenant, and a year later vice-admiral of Norfolk. In September 1664 he and Lord Cornbury went to Norwich to compose the differences between the city and the cathedral chapter. In March 1665 Townshend was granted two-thirds of ‘certain marsh lands in or near Walton and other places in the counties of Cambridge, Lincoln, and Norfolk, as settled upon the late king when he undertook to drain the same / on condition of his prosecuting his Majesty's right and title to the same at his own expense and paying certain fee-farm rents.’
In September 1666 Townshend was reported to Secretary Williamson as very active in sending fanatics to prison and in settling the militia; and five years later is spoken of as having purged ‘the House’ at Great Yarmouth of all the independents and most of the presbyterians. In June 1667 he received the command of a regiment of foot which he had raised, and on 14 Aug. Charles II wrote to thank him for his zeal in his service, especially during the late alarm from the Dutch fleet. In 1671 the king and queen paid him a visit at Rainham. In the same year Townshend was awarded 5,000l. damages in an action for scandalum magnatum at the Norwich assizes. In November 1675 he was one of the large minority who supported the address to the king for the dissolution of the parliament, and he signed the protest against its rejection (Rogers, Protests of the Lords, No. 47). He was advanced to the dignity of Viscount Townshend of Rainham on 2 Dec. 1682.
Townshend died in December 1687. He married, in 1658, Mary, daughter and heiress of Edward Lewknor of Denham, Suffolk; and, after her death without issue in 1673, Mary, daughter of Sir Joseph Ashe, bart., of Twickenham. She died in December 1685, leaving three sons, of whom the eldest, Charles, second viscount Townshend [q.v.], is separately noticed.
A portrait of Townshend was engraved by Edwards, and a fine original drawing in colours was made by Gardiner.
Sources
Doyle's Official Baronage; G. E. C[okayne]'s Peerage; Ret. Memb. Parl; Blomefield's Norfolk, iii. 410, v. 510, vii. 136; Manship's Yarmouth, ed. Palmer, ii. 215 n.; Clarendon's Hist. of the Rebellion, xvi. a 24, 38, 117; Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1658-71; Evans's Catalogue of Engr. Portraits; Hist. MSS. Comm. 6th Rep. p. 370, 10th Rep. vi. 196-9; the Townshend papers at Rainham (11th Rep. pt. iv.) containing the first viscount's correspondence.
Contributor: G. Le G. N.
published 1898
Name
Townshend, Sir Horatio
Title
first Viscount Townshend
Dates
1630?-1687
Active Date
1670
Gender
Male
Place of
Education
Cambridge
Spouse
Mary, daughter and heiress of Edward Lewknor, Mary, daughter of Sir Joseph Ashe, bart.
Likenesses
1..., 2...
Sources
Doyle's Official Baronage; G. E. C[okayne]'s Peerage; Ret. Memb...
Contributor
G. Le G. N. [Gerald le Grys Norgate]
Article
Townshend, Sir Horatio, first Viscount Townshend 1630?-1687, born about 1630, was the second son of Sir Roger, the first baronet, by Mary, daughter and coheiress of Horatio de Vere, baron Vere of Tilbury [see under Townshend, Sir Roger, 1543?-1590]. On the death of his elder brother Roger in 1648 he became heir to the Townshend baronetcy and estates. Three years before, on 27 Nov. 1645, he had been created M.A. of Cambridge.
Townshend was returned as one of the members for Norfolk on 10 Jan. 1658-9, and in the ensuing May was named a member of the council of state which was to hold office till December (Whitelocke, Memorials, p. 678). In the following month, however, Clarendon speaks of him as using his influence in Norfolk and borrowing money for the royalist cause; and in September Nicholas writes of him to Ormonde as one ready to attempt anything for the king if five thousand men could be sent from France or Flanders. Together with Lord Willoughby of Parham he planned the seizure of King's Lynn, but both were arrested before the attempt could be made. On 28 Jan. 1660 Townshend, with Lord Richardson and Sir John Hobart, delivered to Speaker Lenthall a declaration of three hundred gentry of Norfolk praying for the recall of the members secluded in 1648, and for the filling up of vacant places without oath or engagement (ib. p. 694; Kennett, Reg. Chron. p. 35). In the same month he delivered a letter from Charles II to Fairfax, causing him to assemble his old soldiers and march on York (Clarendon). On 14 May Townshend arrived at The Hague as one of the deputation sent to invite Charles II to return (ib.; cf. Kennett, p. 133). In September he received a letter from Charles appointing him governor of King's Lynn. In reward for his services in forwarding the Restoration he was created on 20 April 1661 Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis. In the ensuing August he was appointed lord-lieutenant, and a year later vice-admiral of Norfolk. In September 1664 he and Lord Cornbury went to Norwich to compose the differences between the city and the cathedral chapter. In March 1665 Townshend was granted two-thirds of ‘certain marsh lands in or near Walton and other places in the counties of Cambridge, Lincoln, and Norfolk, as settled upon the late king when he undertook to drain the same / on condition of his prosecuting his Majesty's right and title to the same at his own expense and paying certain fee-farm rents.’
In September 1666 Townshend was reported to Secretary Williamson as very active in sending fanatics to prison and in settling the militia; and five years later is spoken of as having purged ‘the House’ at Great Yarmouth of all the independents and most of the presbyterians. In June 1667 he received the command of a regiment of foot which he had raised, and on 14 Aug. Charles II wrote to thank him for his zeal in his service, especially during the late alarm from the Dutch fleet. In 1671 the king and queen paid him a visit at Rainham. In the same year Townshend was awarded 5,000l. damages in an action for scandalum magnatum at the Norwich assizes. In November 1675 he was one of the large minority who supported the address to the king for the dissolution of the parliament, and he signed the protest against its rejection (Rogers, Protests of the Lords, No. 47). He was advanced to the dignity of Viscount Townshend of Rainham on 2 Dec. 1682.
Townshend died in December 1687. He married, in 1658, Mary, daughter and heiress of Edward Lewknor of Denham, Suffolk; and, after her death without issue in 1673, Mary, daughter of Sir Joseph Ashe, bart., of Twickenham. She died in December 1685, leaving three sons, of whom the eldest, Charles, second viscount Townshend [q.v.], is separately noticed.
A portrait of Townshend was engraved by Edwards, and a fine original drawing in colours was made by Gardiner.
Sources
Doyle's Official Baronage; G. E. C[okayne]'s Peerage; Ret. Memb. Parl; Blomefield's Norfolk, iii. 410, v. 510, vii. 136; Manship's Yarmouth, ed. Palmer, ii. 215 n.; Clarendon's Hist. of the Rebellion, xvi. a 24, 38, 117; Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1658-71; Evans's Catalogue of Engr. Portraits; Hist. MSS. Comm. 6th Rep. p. 370, 10th Rep. vi. 196-9; the Townshend papers at Rainham (11th Rep. pt. iv.) containing the first viscount's correspondence.
Contributor: G. Le G. N.
published 1898
Notes for Horatio & Mary (Family)
Aheir marriage licence, as recorded in “Marriage Allegations in the Registry of the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury”, p. 222 reads:
“Nov. 24 Horatio, Lord Townshend, of St Martin’s in the Fields, Widr, abt 42 & Mrs Mary Ash, of Twickenham, Midx., Spr, 20 & upwards; consent of father Sir Joseph Ash, Kt; at St Mary Savoy, Twickenham, afsd, Lambeth, co. Surrey, or St Dunstan’s West, London.
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“Nov. 24 Horatio, Lord Townshend, of St Martin’s in the Fields, Widr, abt 42 & Mrs Mary Ash, of Twickenham, Midx., Spr, 20 & upwards; consent of father Sir Joseph Ash, Kt; at St Mary Savoy, Twickenham, afsd, Lambeth, co. Surrey, or St Dunstan’s West, London.
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