Edward Townshend Explained

The Hon Edward Townshend, D.D. (25 October 1719, Raynham, Norfolk – 27 January 1765, Bath) was an Anglican dean in the eighteenth century.^[1]

The son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend^[2] he was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[3] He was ordained in 1743. Townshend became Rector of Pulham in 1745; and of Oakley in 1748. He was Deputy Clerk of the Closet from 1746 until his appointment as Dean of Norwich in 1761.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://home.worldonline.co.za/~townshend/revedwardtownshend.htm Inscription near front door of Bath Abbey
2. http://thepeerage.com/p3635.htm#i36348 thePeerage.com
3. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
4. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35248 British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 – Deans of Norwich