Richard Boyle Townsend

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Richard Boyle Townsend (1756 – 26 November 1826)[1] was an Irish politician.

He was the only son of Richard Townsend and his wife Elizabeth FitzGerald, daughter of John FitzGerald, 15th Knight of Kerry.[2] His uncles were Maurice FitzGerald, 16th Knight of Kerry and John Townsend.[3] Townsend entered the Irish House of Commons in 1782 and sat for Dingle until he resigned his seat in 1795.[4] He was appointed High Sheriff of County Cork for 1785.[3]

On 16 May 1784, he married Henrietta Newenham, daughter of John Newenham, and by her he had eight sons and a daughter.[1]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). cites Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).