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GEORGE TOWNSHEND, MARQUIS
TOWNSHEND.
1787
Sir Horatio Townshend, bart.
whose mother was second daughter and coheir of the famous Horatio Vere,
lord Vere of Tilbury, having been active in the reiteration of Charles II.
was created baron Townshend, of Lynn, April 21, 1661, and in 1682,
viscount Townshend; he died 1687.
Charles, his son, second viscount, was long the
able associate of sir Robert Walpole, and
afterwards retiring to his paternal seat, introduced that improved mode of
husbandry which by the turnip system has converted its barren sarads into
productive corn-fields: he died 1738. Charles,
his son, third viscount, died 1764.
George,
his son, the present
marquis, and fourth viscount, born 1724, was educated to a military life;
and was so high in rank in the army, as long ago as the death of general
Wolfe, that on that event the command fell on him. In 1767, he was
appointed lord lieutenant of Ireland; and in
1772, master general
of the ordnance. In 1787, he was created marquis
Townshend. He is a field marshal, and colonel of the second, or
queen's regiment of dragoon guards. No man has lived more in the
world that lord Townshend, his convivial talents having rendered him for
many years the delight of society. He married, first, Charlotte
Compton, baroness Ferrars, or Chartley, in her own right ; and secondly,
Anne daughter of sir William Montgomery, of Ireland, bart. by both of whom
he has had a large family.
Female Descent.] Stanhope, Bacon, Bere,
Ashe, Pelham, Harrison.
Chief Seat.] Rainham, Norfolk.
Heir.] George, earl of Leicester.--See
Leicester.
Younger Branches.] Lord Sydney, Bayning,
&c. &c.
JAMES CECIL,
MARQUIS OF SALISBURY
1789
Descended from the celebrated secretary
to queen Elizabeth and James I sir Robert Cecil, whom the latter monarch
created baron of Effendon, May 13, 1603; viscount Cranbourne, Aug. 20,
1604; and earl of Salisbury, May 4, 1605. This able, but mysterious,
statesman died May 24, 1612. His sun, James, second earl, died 1668;
James, greatgrandson, third earl, died 1633. James, fifth earl, grandson
of the last-mentioned, died 1729, leaving James, firth earl, who died in
17 80, father of the present peer.
James, seventh earl, born 1748, was created a marquis
on Aug. 10, 1789. In 1773, he married lady Mary Emily, daughter of William
Hill, marquis of Downshire, by whom he has two daughters, and one son. His
lordship held, for many years, the situation of lord chamberlain, and
lived in splendor about the court. In the more important business of
public life, he has never taken a share.
Female Descent.] Brook of Cobham, Howard,
Maxwell, Manners, Bennet, Tufton, Keate.
Chief Seat.] Hatfield, in Hertfordshire, a
magnisicent and curious palace, built by his great ancestor, in the reign
of James I.
Her Apparent.] James Mordaunt William,
viscount Cranbourne, born April y, 1791.