Viscount Townsend is in Viscountcies of England Alphabetically.
In 1682 Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend [aged 51] was created 1st Viscount Townsend. Mary Ashe Viscountess Townshend [aged 30] by marriage Viscountess Townsend.
On 10th December 1687 Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend [aged 56] died. His son Charles [aged 13] succeeded 2nd Viscount Townsend, 2nd Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 4th Baronet Townshend.
Before 11th May 1711 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend [aged 37] and Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend were married. She by marriage Viscountess Townsend.
Before 25th July 1713 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend [aged 39] and Dorothy Walpole Viscountess Townsend [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Townsend.
On 21st June 1738 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend [aged 64] died. His son Charles [aged 37] succeeded 3rd Viscount Townsend, 3rd Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 5th Baronet Townshend.
On 12th March 1764 Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend [aged 63] died. His son George [aged 40] succeeded 4th George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend, 4th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 6th Baronet Townshend. His son George succeeded 4th Viscount Townsend.
On 14th September 1807 George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend [aged 83] died. His son George [aged 54] succeeded 2nd Marquess Townshend, 5th Viscount Townsend, 5th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 7th Baronet Townshend.
On 27th July 1811 George Townshend 2nd Marquess Townshend [aged 58] died. His son George [aged 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. Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend by marriage Marchioness Townshend.
On 31st December 1855 George Ferrers Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend [aged 77] died in Genoa. Earl of Leicester extinct. Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire abeyant. His first cousin John [aged 57] succeeded 4th Marquess Townshend, 7th Viscount Townsend, 7th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 9th Baronet Townshend.
On 10th September 1863 John Townshend 4th Marquess Townshend [aged 65] died at Raynham Hall, Norfolk. He was buried at the Church of All Saints, Hertford. His son John [aged 32] succeeded 5th Marquess Townshend, 8th Viscount Townsend, 8th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 10th Baronet Townshend.
On 6th October 1899 John Villiers Stuart Townshend 5th Marquess Townshend [aged 68] died at his home in Laverstock, Wiltshire [Map]. His son John [aged 32] succeeded 6th Marquess Townshend, 9th Viscount Townsend, 9th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 11th Baronet Townshend.
On 17th November 1921 John Townshend 6th Marquess Townshend [aged 55] died. His son George [aged 5] succeeded 7th Marquess Townshend, 10th Viscount Townsend, 10th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 12th Baronet Townshend.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 23rd April 2010 George Townshend 7th Marquess Townshend [aged 93] died. His son Charles [aged 64] succeeded 8th Marquess Townshend, 11th Viscount Townsend, 11th Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 13th Baronet Townshend.