The 8th Marquess Townshend died at King's Lynn, Norfolk, 20 November, 2025. He was 80.
The peer was seated at Raynham Hall, Fakenham Norfolk.
Charles George Townshend was born 26 September, 1945, and bore the courtesy title Viscount Raynham from birth until succeeding to his father's peerages.
He was the son of the 7th Marquess Townshend (1916-2010), who inherited the family titles in 1921, aged only 5, by his 1st wife, Elizabeth Pamela Audrey Luby (who married secondly in 1960 Brigadier Sir James Gault KCMG; and she died 1989), only daughter of Lt-Col Thomas Luby, Judicial Commissioner, ICS.
Viscount Raynham, as he was then styled married 1stly, 8 October, 1975 Mrs Hermione Evans, former wife of Anthony J.C. Evans, (nee Ponsonby, born 23 Jan, 1945, died as the result of an accident, 1985), only child of Lt-Cdr Robert Martin Dominic Ponsonby, RN (1911-1995), scion of the Earls of Bessborough, and his wife the former Dorothy Edith Jane Lane (1913-1994).
He married 2ndly, 6 December, 1990, Mrs Alison Marshal, 2nd daughter of Sir Willis Ide Combs, KCVO CMG (1916-1994), of Wadhurst Park, co. East Sussex, by his wife the former Grace Willis.:-
Charles Viscount Raynham succeeded his father, 23 April, 2010, as 8th Marquess Townshend (Great Britain, let. pat. 31 Oct 1787); 11th Viscount Townshend, of Raynham in the County of Norfolk (England, let. pat. 11 Dec 1682), 11th Baron Townshend, of Lynn Regis in the County of Norfolk (England, let. pat. 20 Apr 1661), 13th Baronet, styled "of Raynham, co. Norfolk"(England, let. pat. 16 Apr 1617).
From his first marriage he leaves issue, a son, Thomas Charles, Viscount Raynham (born 2 Nov 1977), who now succeeds his father, and a daughter Lady Louise Elizabeth Townshend (born 23 July, 1979.
-=-
No comments:
Post a Comment