Early and Private Life
Townshend's birthplace is unknown. His father was Richard Townshend of Wrexham (presumably Wrexham in Wales, though other evidence suggests a place in England, possibly Wexham, Buckinghamshire).
He married Flora Stewart (b.1767 d.1843), the daughter of Chief Justice Peter Stewart, in c. 1790, and together they had eight children:
- Cecil Wray Townshend (1791 – 1870)
- Lt. William James Townshend (1796 – 1833)
- Peter Stewart Townshend (1798 – 1860s)
- John Dalton Townshend (1800 – abt.1873)
- Ester Wray Townshend (1802 – ????)
- Charles James Townshend (1804 – abt.1833)
- Helen Diana Townshend (???? – ????)
- Canon Rev. George Townshend (1810 – 1895)
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