Nationality British Spouse Alison Marshall (m. 1990) Name Charles 8th | Children 2 Title 8th Marquess Townshend Education Eton College | |
Full Name Charles George Townshend Born 26 September 1945 ( 1945-09-26 ) Role George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend's son Parents George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend Predecessor George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend Grandparents John Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend Great-grandparents John Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend, Lady Anne Duff | ||
Charles George Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend (born 26 September 1945) is a British nobleman and peer. He is the elder son of George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend, and his first wife Elizabeth Pamela Audrey (d. 1989), daughter of Thomas Luby. He was styled Viscount Raynham until he succeeded his father on 23 April 2010.
Family
In 1975 Townshend married Hermione Ponsonby (1945–1985), daughter of Lt. Cmdr. Robert Martin Dominic Ponsonby, RN, of the family of the Earls of Bessborough, who died in a motor accident in 1985. In 1990 he married Alison Marshall, née Combs, daughter of Sir Willis Ide Combs, KCVO, CMG.
By his first wife, Townshend has two children:
The current Marquess holds the subsidiary titles Viscount Townshend, of Raynham in the County of Norfolk (created 1682), and Baron Townshend, of Lynn Regis in the County of Norfolk (created 1661), both of which are in the Peerage of England. He is also a Baronet, of Raynham in the County of Norfolk (created 1617). As the subsidiary titles are of the same name as the primary title, the Viscountcy has been referred to as "Viscount Raynham" and the Barony "Baron Lynn".
The family seat is Raynham Hall, Fakenham, Norfolk.