II ERA 
September io, 1709. John, fecond lord Gower, his 
fon, was July 13. 1742, appointed lord keeper of the privy 
feal, which office he refigned December 10 in the fol¬ 
lowing ye«r. He was again appointed lord keeper of 
the .privy feal, December 26, 1744. He married firft 
Evelyn, daughter of Evelyn Pierpont duke of Kingf- 
ton : by. which lady, who died June 27, 1727, he had 
iffue, two fons who died yqitng. 3. Granville-Levefon, 
marquis of Stafford. 4. Gertrude, married to John, 
fourth duke of Bedford. 5. Mary, married to fir Rich¬ 
ard Wrottefley, in the county of Stafford, baronet ; ffie 
died April 30, 1778. 6. Frances, married to John Phi¬ 
lip, fon of Lionel firft duke of Dorfet; ffie died Decem¬ 
ber 3, 1765. 7. Elizabeth, married to John third earl 
of Waldegrave j (lie died April 28, 1784. 8. Evelyn, 
married, firft, July 1744 to John Fitzpatrick, firft earl 
of Upper Offory ; and, fecondly, to Richafd Vernon, 
of Hiiton in the county of Stafford, efquire. 
Granville-Levefon, firft marquis and fecond earl, fuc- 
ceeded Iris father, John, the late earl, December 25, 
1734; married, firft/in 1744, Elizabeth, daughter of 
Nicholas Fazakerley efq. and by her, who died May 19, 
1745, had iffue, John, born May 14, 1745, and died the 
tite lame day; and, fecondly, March 28, 1748, he mar¬ 
ried lady Louifa Egertpn, daughter of Seroope duke 
of Bridgewater, by lady Rachael Ruffe!, daughter of 
the duke of Bedford ; and by her, who died Mtych 14, 
1761, had ifl'ue : 1. Louifa, born Odober 22, 1749; 
married, December 25, 1777, fir Archibald Macdo¬ 
nald, knight, by whom ffie has iffue. 2. Caroline, born 
November 2, 1753; married March 22, 1770, Frederic 
earl of Carlifie, and has iffue. 3. George - Granville, 
preient marquis. 4. Anne, born February 22, 1761 ; 
married,. February 1784, the moll reverend Dr. Edward 
Vernon, archbifhop of York. The marquis married, 
thirdly, May 23, 1768, Sufan Stewart, daughter of 
Alexander.earl of Galloway ; and by her, who died in 
Auguft 1805, had iffue, Georgiana-Augufta, born April 
13, 1769; married the honourable William Eliot, bro¬ 
ther to lord Eliot : Charlotte-Sophia, born January u, 
1771, married May 26,' 1791, Henry-Charles duke of 
Beaufort, and has iffue. Sufan, born in 1772, married, 
July 1795, Dudley lord Harrowby, and-hasiffue. Gran¬ 
ville-Levefon, born Odtober 12, 1773. The marquis 
died Odtober 26, 1803, and was fucceeded by his eldeft 
fon, George-Granville, the prefent and fecond marquis. 
Creations. —Baron Gower, of Stittenham, in York- 
fhire, March 16, 1703 ; Vifcount Trentham, in the 
county of Stafford, and Earl Gower, July 8, 1746; andd 
Marquis of Stafford, February 28, 1786. 
Residences. —Trentham in,the county of Stafford. 
Dunrobin Caftle in the county of Sutherland.—Wool- 
mers in Hertfordffiire.—Tovvn-houfe, Cleveland Houfe, 
St. James’s. 
Armoria;, Bearings.— Seetheannexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Frangas, nonJleEIes. —“ You may break, but 
ffiali not bend me.” 
TOWNSHEND, MARQUIS TOWNSHEND. 
GEORGE-TOWNSHEND FERRARS, Marquis 
of TOWNSHEND, Earl of Leicefter, Vifcount Townf- 
hend, Baron Townffiend of Lynn, Baron de Ferrars of 
Chartley, Baron Bouichier, Lovaine, Buffet, Compton, 
and a Baronet, a Truftee of the Britifh Mufeum, LL. D. 
P. S.A. and F.R. S. fucceeded lus father, the late 
marquis, September 14, 1807; .born April 18, 1753 ; 
married December-24, 1777, Charlotte, fecond daugh¬ 
ter of Eaton-Manwaring Ellerker, efq. of Rifb.y Park, 
Yorkftiire, and by her has iffue, George Ferrars earl of 
Leicefter, heir apparent, born December 3, 1778, married 
May 12, 1807, Mifs Gardner, daughter of W. D. Gard¬ 
ner, efq. Thom.as-Compton, died January 7, 1787; 
Charles Vere, born September 16, 1785 ; Charlotte- 
Barbara, born June 22, 1781, married, April 1803, the 
honourable captain Bilhop, fon of Cecil lord Zouch, 
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LORY. 48 % 
and died Offober 3, 1807 ; Henrietta-Anne, born May- 
23, 1782 ; Elizabeth-Margarct, born Auguft 2 6, 1784'f 
■r and Arabella, born April 2, 1787. 
The family of Townfhend is defeended from Lodo- 
vic, a noble Norman, who came,into England in the 
reign of Henry I. affumed the furname of Townffiend, 
and married Elizabeth, daughter and beliefs of fir 
Thomas de Havile, or Hauteville, of Rainhatn, in the 
county of. Norfolk. Roger, the fifth in defeent from 
Lodovie, was appointed by Richard III. in 1487, one 6f 
the juftices of the court of Common .Pleas, and died in 
1493.' Roger, the third in defeent from judge Townja 
bend, fignaliled himfelf in the defeat of the Spanifh ar¬ 
mada in 1388 ; and John, his fon, accompanied the earl 
of Effex in the expedition againft Cadiz 1596, and was 
a leading member in the parliamentary Oppofition to 
James I. Being engaged in a duel with fir Matthew- 
Brown, which was fought on horfeback upon Hounflow 
Heath in July 1603, they were both mortally wound, 
ed. Roger, his fon, was created a baronet by James 1. 
April 16, 1617. Sir Horatio, his fon, was extremely 
aftive in procuring the reftoration off Charles II. and was 
by that monarch created, firft, baron Townffiend of Lynn 
Regis, and afterwards vifcount Townfhend of Rainham, 
in the county of Norfolk. He died in December 1687. 
Charles, fecond lord vifcount Townihend, his fon, 
was one of the commiffioners for treating of an union 
between the kingdoms of England and Scotland, and 
November 16,, 1707, was appointed captain of the yeo¬ 
men of her majefty’s guard. Two years afterwards he 
"’as conftituted, together with the duke of Marlbo¬ 
rough, joint plenipotentiary to treat of a peace with the 
king of France ; in which fituation he was concerned in 
the preliminaries of Gertruydenberg, and in the con, 
clufion of the celebrated barrier treaty. He refigned 
the appointment, .which hadtieen bellowed upon him 
at the fame time, of ambaffador extraordinary to the 
Republic of the United Provinces, March 7, 1710, and 
the office of captain of the yeomen of the guard June 
13, in the fame year. By George I. Ire was conftituted, 
September 17, 1714, one of his majefty’s principal fecre- 
taries of (fate ; and, having refigned that office, was 
declared, January 23, 17 17, lord lieutenant of the king¬ 
dom of Ireland. This office was held by him only 
three mqnths ; and he was appointed June ii,- 1729, 
lord prefident of the council, which pelt he exchaneed 
February.kb, 1721, for that of one of the principal 
lecretaries of ftate, and continued .in that fituation till 
May 15, 1730. He died in June 1738. 
This nobleman had iffue, 1. Charles,, third vifcount 
Townffiend. 2. Thomas, who married Albinia, daughter 
of colonel John Selwyn of Matlon in the county of Glou- 
cefter ; by which lady he had ifl'ue Thomas,.lord Syd¬ 
ney of Ghiffelhurft ; Mary ; and Henry, who was killed 
in Germany June 24, 1762. Thomas, their father, died 
May 21, 1780. 3. William, who married Henrietta, 
grand-daughter of Charles firft duke of Bolton; by 
which lady lie had iffue, Charges, who married Auguft 
20, 1777, Arabella Powlei ; by which lady lie lias iffue, 
a fon, born September 26, 1783, and another foil, born 
February 23, 1786. William Townffiend had alfo by 
the fame lady two daughters ; Caroline, married to Fre¬ 
deric, lord archbifhop of Canterbury, and fon of Charles 
fourth lord Cornwallis ; and Dorothy, married to Burton 
Allen, efquire. He died January 29, 1748. 4. Geor-gc, 
who embraced the maritime profefiion, and in 1747 cap. 
tured a large fleet of French merchant (hips. He was 
afterwards appointed rear-admiral of the white* fqua- 
dron, and died Auguft 9, 1762. 5. .Edward, dean of 
Norwich, who married Mary, daughter of brigadier-ge¬ 
neral Price; by which lady lie had iffue, Mary, Eliza¬ 
beth, Henrietta, Lucy; and Charlotte, married, firft,. 
May 12, 1773, to John Norris of Whitten in tile .county 
of Norfolk, efquire; and; fecondly, to William Fau¬ 
quier, efquire. He died January 27, 1763. 
Charles,. 
