Name Charles 3rd | Died March 12, 1764 | |
Children George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend Parents Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, Elizabeth Pelham Education Eton College, King's College, Cambridge Grandchildren Lord John Townshend, Lord Charles Townshend, George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend Similar People Charles Townshend - 2nd Visco, Charles Townshend, Dorothy Townshend, Thomas Coke - 1st Earl of Le | ||
Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend (11 July 1700 – 12 March 1764), known as The Lord Lynn from 1723 to 1738, was a British politician.
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Life
Townshend was the eldest son of the 2nd Viscount Townshend and was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. After graduating, he entered the Commons when he succeeded his uncle as Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth in 1722. He held the seat until a year later, when he was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's barony of Townshend. As his father was already Lord Townshend, Charles was styled Lord Lynn after the barony's territorial designation of Lynn Regis. Townshend then became Master of the Jewel Office and Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk in 1730 and succeeded to his father's titles in 1738.
Family
On 29 May 1723, Townshend married Audrey (Etheldreda) Harrison, the only daughter and heiress of Edward Harrison of Balls Park, Hertfordshire). Their surviving children were George, later Marquess Townshend (1724–1807) and Charles (1725–1767). They separated formally around 1740.