Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend

The Most Honourable The Marquess Townshend
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Born	Charles George Townshend 26 September 1945(1945-09-26)
Nationality	British
Education	Eton College
Title	8th Marquess Townshend
Predecessor	7th Marquess Townshend
Spouse	Hermione Ponsonby (died) Alison Marshall, née Combs
Children	2

Charles George Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend (born 26 September 1945) is the elder son of George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend, and his first wife Elizabeth Pamela Audrey (d. 1989),^[1] daughter of Thomas Luby. He was styled Viscount Raynham until he succeeded his father on 23 April 2010.

He has two full sisters^[2] and a half brother and half sister.^[3] He was educated at Eton College. He was Managing Director of Raynham Workshops Ltd (1986–94), and Chairman of Pera International (1988–96). He also served as a General Commissioner of Income Tax in Norwich (1989–97).

In 1975 Townshend married Hermione Ponsonby (1945–1985), daughter of Lt. Cmdr. Robert Martin Dominic Ponsonby, RN, of the family of the Earls of Bessborough, who died in a motor accident in 1985. In 1990 Townshend married Alison Marshall, née Combs, daughter of Sir Willis Ide Combs, KCVO, CMG.^[4]

By his first wife, Townshend has two children:

• Thomas Charles, Viscount Raynham (b. 1977), and
• Lady Louise Elizabeth (b. 1979), married (2006) Edson Da Paixao.

The current Marquess holds the subsidiary titles Viscount Townshend, of Raynham in the County of Norfolk (created 1682) and Baron Townshend, of Lynn Regis in the County of Norfolk (created 1661) both of which in the Peerage of England. He is also a Baronet, of Raynham in the County of Norfolk (created 1617). As the subsidiary titles are of the same name as the primary title, the Viscountcy has been called "Viscount Raynham" and the Barony "Baron Lynn".

The family seat is Raynham Hall, Fakenham, Norfolk.

Notes

1. ^ Allan Freer. "Conqueror 89" from The Conqueror database.
2. ^ His full sisters are:
   • Lady Carolyn Elizabeth Ann Townshend (resumed her maiden name)(b. 27 September 1940), married first, in 1962 (divorced 1971), Antonio Capellini and had issue
     • Vincenzo Charles Capellini Townshend (b 1963) who married, in 1994, Rachael daughter of Mark Daniels and has issue living:
       • Luca (b 1995),
       • Sofia (b 1996), and
       • Luisa Carolyn (b 1998).
   She married secondly, in 1973 (annulled 1974) Edgar Bronfman, Sr (b. 1929), a Canadian businessman.
   • Lady Joanna Agnes Boegnor (b. 19 August 1943), married first, in 1962 (divorced 1968), Jeremy Bradford and had issue
     • Francis James Patrick Bradford (b 1963)(for whom Princess Benedikte of Denmark stood sponsor). She married secondly, in 1978 (divorced 1984), James Barry Morrisey. She married thirdly, in 1991, Christian Marc Boegnor.
3. ^ His half brother and half sisters are:
   
   • Lord John Townshend (b. 17 June 1962), married first, in September 1987 (divorced 1991), Rachel Lucy Chapple, daughter of Field Marshal Sir John Lyon Chapple, GCB, KBE, with apparently no issue. He married secondly, in 1999, Helen M Burt née Chin, and has issue
     • George (b. 2003), and
     • Isobel (b. 2001).
   • Lady Katherine Ann Bayley (b. 29 September 1963), married first, in 1991 (divorced 2000), Piers W. Dent, and had issue
     • Lucia (b,1992), and
     • Mollie (b. 1995).
   She married secondly Dr Guy Langford Bayley, and has issue
   • • Inca Nell (b. 2001), and
     • Skye (b. 2002).
4. ^ "The Raynham Family History. Chapter 15 "The Raynhams of Norfolk"

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Darryl Lundy (2007). www.thepeerage.com
• Allan Freer. "Conqueror 89" from The Conqueror database, in an older version.

Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by George Townshend	Marquess Townshend 2010–present	Incumbent
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Most Hon. The Marquess of Lansdowne	Gentlemen The Most Hon. The Marquess Townshend	Succeeded by The Most Hon. The Marquess of Salisbury

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Name	Townshend, Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess
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Date of birth	26 September 1945
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