Roger Townshend may refer to:
- Roger Townshend (judge) (c. 1430–1493), Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, MP for Bramber
- Roger Townshend (died 1551), MP for Norfolk, son of the above
- Roger Townshend (died 1590), courtier, great-grandson of the above
- Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Baronet (c. 1596–1637), grandson of the above
- Sir Roger Townshend, 2nd Baronet (1628–1648), eldest son of the above
- Roger Townshend (MP) (1708–1760), soldier and MP, younger son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Famous quotes containing the words roger and/or townshend:
“Draw round beloved and bitter men,
Draw round and raise a shout;
The ghost of Roger Casement
Is beating on the door.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“But neither steele nor stony breast
Are proof against those lookes of thine,
Nor can a Beauty lesse divine
Of any heart be long possest,
Where thou pretend’st an interest.”
—Aurelian Townshend (c. 1583–c.1651)