'Townshend' may refer to:

★ Pete Townshend, the guitarist for The Who

★ Townshend, Cornwall

★ Townshend, Vermont

★ The Townshend Acts, proposed by Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer, that placed a tax on common import goods and which fomented resentment of the British in the Thirteen Colonies.

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Townshend family

Townshend family

★ Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, nicknamed Turnip Townshend for his agricultural experiments

★ Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend (1700-1764)

★ Charles Townshend (1725-1767), Chancellor of the Exchequer, son of the 3rd Viscount

★ George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend

★ Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney

★ Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend (1861- 1924), British Major General

★ William Townshend (colonial governor)

★ Marquess Townshend, see this article for further members of the family
See also:

★ Townsend

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