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- He was the son of the 6th Marquess TOWNSHEND (1866-1921) and Gladys
Ethel Gwendolen Eug?nie (d 1946, having m 2ndly Bernard le Strange)
dau of Thomas SUTHERST. He m 1st 1939 (div 1960) Elizabeth Pamela
Audrey (d 1989) dau of Maj Thomas LUBY and had issue; he m 2ndly 1960
Ann Frances (d 1988) dau of Arthur Pellew DARLOW of Portugal and had
further issue; he m 3rdly 2004 Mrs Philippa Sophia Swire, dau Col
George Jardine KIDSTON-MONTGOMERIE of Southannan DSO MC, and formerly
wife of late Humphrey Roger Swire. He is succeeded in the Marquessate
as follows:
CHARLES GEORGE TOWNSHEND (styled Viscount Raynham from birth) b 1945;
succ his father as 8th Marquess TOWNSHEND 2010. Also Viscount Raynham
and Baron Townshend. Educ Eton; Man Dir Raynham Workshops Ltd 1986-94,
Chm Pera International 1988-96; Gen Commr Income Tax Norwich 1989-97:
he m 1st 1975 Hermione (d 1985) dau of Lt-Cdr Robert Martin Dominic
PONSONBY (scion of the Earls of Bessborough); he m 2nd 1990 Mrs Alison
Marshall dau of Sir Willis Ide COMBS KCVO CMG of Wadhurst Park, E
Sussex, and has issue by his 1st marriage:
SON LIVING (by 1st marriage)
Thomas Charles TOWNSHEND (heir apparent, likely to be styled Viscount
Raynham as only other available title is the barony of Towshend) b 2
Nov 1977. Unmarried
DAUGHTER LIVING (by 1st marriage)
Lady Louise Elizabeth TOWNSHEND b 1979 m 2006 Edson DA PAIXAO
HALF-BROTHER LIVING
Lord John Patrick TOWNSHEND b 1962; m 1st 1987 (div 1991) Rachel Lucy
dau of FM Sir John CHAPPLE GCB KBE ADC Gen; he m 2nd 1999 Helen BURT
(n?e Chin), and has issue living by his 2nd m: George b 2003, Isobel
b 2001.
SISTERS LIVING
Lady Carolyn Elizabeth Ann TOWNSHEND b 1940; resumed her maiden name;
m 1st 1962 (div 1971) Antonio CAPELLINI son of Vincenzo Capellini and
Donna Anna Candeo Vanzetti, of Genoa; she m 2nd 1973 (annulled 1974)
Edgar Miles BRONFMAN of NY, son of Samuel Bronfman, of Montreal, and
has issue living by her 1st m: Vincenzo Charles CAPELLINI TOWNSHEND b
1963, m 1994 Rachael dau of Mark DANIELS and has issue living: Luca b
1995, Sofia b 1996, Luisa Carolyn b 1998
Lady Joanna Agnes TOWNSHEND b 1943; m 1st 1962 (div 1968) Jeremy
George Courtenay BRADFORD son of Cdr George Francis Norton Bradford,
RN; she m 2nd 1978 (div 1984), James Barry MORRISEY; she m 3rd 1991
Christian Marc BOEGNOR son of Etienne Boegnor, and has issue by her
1st m: Francis James Patrick BRADFORD b 1963 (for whom Princess
Benedikte of Denmark stood sponsor)
HALF-SISTER LIVING
Lady Katherine Ann TOWNSHEND b 1963; m 1st 1991 (div 2000) Piers W.
DENT son of Robin Dent, of Olivers, Painswick, Glos; she m 2nd 2001 Dr
Guy Langford BAYLEY, and has issue - by her 1st m: Lucia DENT b 1992,
Mollie DENT b 1995; by her 2nd m: Inca Nell BAYLEY b 2001, Skye
BAYLEY b 2002
The 7th Marquess Townshend, who died on St George's Day 2010, aged
93, had been a peer for 88 years, having inherited the peerage in
1921.
George John Patrick Dominic [Townshend], 7th Marquess Townshend, was
born 13 May, 1916, son of the 6th Marquess (1866-1921), by his wife,
the former Gwladys Ethel Gwendolen Eug?nie Sutherst, d. 10 Oct 1959),
1st dau. of Thomas Sutherst, of Fountains Court, Temple, London.
Succeeded his father, 17 Nov 1921, aged 5.
He married firstly, 2 Sep 1939 (div. 1960) Elizabeth Pamela Audrey
Luby (mar. (2) 1960 Brig Sir James Gault KCMG; d. 1989), only dau. of
Lt Col Thomas Luby, Judicial Commissioner, ICS, by whom he had issue;
married 2ndly, 22 Dec 1960, Ann Frances Darlow (d. 1988), only dau. of
Arthur Pellew Darlow, of Portugal, by whom he had further issue, and
married 3rdly, 7 May 2004 Philippa Sophia Swire (b. 28 Apr 1935; widow
of Humphrey Roger Swire, of Dean Manor, Charlbury, co. Oxford, only
son of Lt Col Cyril George William Swire, of Coldicote Farm, Moreton-
in-Marsh, co. Gloucester), only dau. of Lt Col George Jardine Kidston
later Kidston-Montgomerie of Southannan DSO MC, of Longbottom,
Biddesden, co. Hampshire, and Fairlie, co. Ayr (by his wife Lydia
Cecilia Mason, dau. of Maj Peter George Mason DSO), 1st son and heir
of Richard Logan Kidston by his wife Sophia Egidia Guendolen Allenby-
Montgomerie, 1st dau. of Capt Samuel Hynman Allenby later Allenby-
Montgomerie, of Southannan House, co. Ayr, and Garnsgate Hall, co.
Lincoln, by his wife Lady Sophia Constance Montgomerie, 1st dau. and
cohrss. of Archibald William [Montgomerie], 14th Earl of Eglinton.
Lord Townshend is succeeded by his son from his 1st marriage, Charles
George Townshend, styled Viscount Raynham (b. 26 Sep 1945), mar. (1) 8
Oct 1975 Hermione Evans (former wife of Anthony J C Evans; d. 1985),
only child of Lt Cdr Robert Martin Dominic Ponsonby RN (by his first
wife Dorothy Edith Jane Lane, yst. dau. of Henry Hervey Vincent Lane,
of King's Bromley Manor, co. Stafford), 1st son of Sir George Arthur
Ponsonby KCVO, Comptroller and Private Secretary to HM Queen Maud of
Norway 1919-38 (by his first wife Julia Winifred Maitland OIdfield,
dau. of Phineas A R Oldfield), 1st son of Robert Charles Ponsonby (by
his wife Mary Machlachlan, 1st dau. of George Machlachlan of
Machlachlan), 3rd son of Rt Hon Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby
later Ponsonby-Fane GCB ISO, of Brympton, Yeovil, co. Somerset (by his
wife Hon Louisa Anne Rose Lee Dillon, 3rd dau. of Henry Augustus
[Dillon], 13th Viscount Dillon), 6th son of John William [Ponsonby],
4th Earl of Bessborough, &c.
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