Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend

The Most Honourable The Marquess Townshend
Arms of the Marquesses Townshend
Born	Charles George Townshend 26 September 1945
Nationality	British
Education	Eton College
Title	8th Marquess Townshend
Predecessor	7th Marquess Townshend
Spouse(s)	Hermione Ponsonby (deceased) Alison Marshall, née Combs
Children	2

Charles George Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend (born 26 September 1945) is the elder son of George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend, and his first wife Elizabeth Pamela Audrey (d. 1989),^[1] daughter of Thomas Luby. He was styled Viscount Raynham until he succeeded his father on 23 April 2010.

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.^[2]

By his first wife, Townshend has two children:

• Thomas Charles, Viscount Raynham (b. 1977), on 15 April 2011 at St Mary's Church, Kingsclere, Hampshire, married Miss Octavia Christina Legge (b. 3 February 1980), daughter of Mr and Mrs Christopher Legge, of Kingsclere, Hampshire. Miss Legge's family is apparently unrelated to the earls of Dartmouth, as far as researched.^[3]
• Lady Louise Elizabeth Townshend, now Lady Louise Da Paixao (b. 1979), married (2006) Edson Da Paixao.

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.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend

16. John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend               8. John Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend                       17. Elizabeth Crichton-Stuart               4. John Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend                             18. James Duff, 5th Earl Fife               9. Lady Anne Duff                       19. Lady Agnes Hay               2. George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend                                   ?               10. Thomas Sutherst                       ?               5. Gwladys Sutherst                             ?               ?                       ?               1. Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend                                         ?               ?                       ?               6. Thomas Luby                             ?               ?                       ?               3. Elizabeth Luby                                   ?               ?                       ?               ?                             ?               ?                       ?

Notes

1. Allan Freer. "Conqueror 89" from The Conqueror database.
2. "The Raynham Family History. Chapter 15 "The Raynhams of Norfolk"
3. No references have been listed thanks to Wikipedia's new (new for me anyway) spam filter policy, preventing me from listing links.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Lundy, Darryl (2007). "FAQ". The Peerage. External link in |publisher= (help)
• Allan Freer. "Conqueror 89" from The Conqueror database, in an older version.

External Links

• Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend