Biography of George Ferrars Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend 1778-1855
Paternal Family Tree: Townshend
On 24 Dec 1777 [his father] George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend (age 24) and [his mother] Charlotte Mainwaring Ellerker Countess of Leicester (age 6) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend (age 53) and [his grandmother] Charlotte Compton 16th Baroness Ferrers Chartley 7th Baroness Compton.
On 13 Dec 1778 George Ferrars Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend was born to George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend (age 25) and Charlotte Mainwaring Ellerker Countess of Leicester (age 7).
12 May 1807 George Ferrars Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend (age 28) and Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend were married. He the son of George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend (age 54) and Charlotte Mainwaring Ellerker Countess of Leicester.
On 24 Oct 1809 John Margetts Brewer and [his wife] Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend were married bigamously at Gretna Green, Dumfrieshire. She was, at the time, married to George Ferrars Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend (age 30) although they had separated on 08 May 1808. The couple had a number of children who adopted the surname Townshend until delegitimated in 1843 by a private Act of Parliament and barred from using the surname Townshend.
On 20 Jul 1811 John Dunn-Gardner was born to John Margetts Brewer and [his wife] Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend. His mother had married John Margetts Brewer bigamously so legally John Dunn-Gardner was the son of her first husband George Ferrars Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend (age 32) and was, therefore, styled by the courtesy title Earl of Leicester.
On 27 Jul 1811 [his father] George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend (age 58) died. His son George Ferrars Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend (age 32) succeeded 3rd Marquess Townshend, 2nd Earl of Leicester, 6th Viscount Townsend, 6th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 8th Baronet Townshend, 18th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 9th Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. [his wife] Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend by marriage Marchioness Townshend.
Archaeologia Volume 16 Section XXVIII. Description of a Crom-Leach [Kilmogue Portal Tomb [Map]], in the County of Kilkenny, By Mr. Joseph Thomas Finegan. Communicated by The Marquess Townshend (age 33), and Earl of Leicester, President. Read 30th April, J SOJ.
On 31 Dec 1855 George Ferrars Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend (age 77) died in Genoa. His first cousin John Townshend 4th Marquess Townshend (age 57) succeeded 4th Marquess Townshend, 7th Viscount Townsend, 7th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 9th Baronet Townshend.
Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire abeyant.
Earl of Leicester extinct.
On 11 Sep 1858 [his former wife] Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Philip IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Townshend 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Joseph Ashe 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Ashe Viscountess Townshend
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pelham 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney Baroness Pelham Laughton 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Jones
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jones
GrandFather: George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Harrison
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Harrison 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Villiers 4th Viscount Grandison 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Audrey Villiers 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Leigh Viscountess Grandison 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Audrey aka Etheldreda Harrison 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Noel Countess Northampton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden 
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fox of Farley Wiltshire 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Stephen Fox
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christian Palfreyman
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Fox Countess Northampton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Whittle of the City of London
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Whittle
GrandMother: Charlotte Compton 16th Baroness Ferrers Chartley 7th Baroness Compton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Shirley 4th Baronet 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Okeover
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Shirley 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Laurence Washington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ferrers 
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Ferrers 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Ferrers 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
George Ferrers Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Eaton Ellerker
Mother: Charlotte Mainwaring Ellerker Countess of Leicester