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About Lord James Townshend
- Captain Lord James Nugent Boyle Bernardo Townshend KCH (11 September 1785 – 28 June 1842), was a British naval commander and Tory politician. Townshend was the younger son of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, by his second wife Anne, daughter of Sir William Montgomery, 1st Baronet.
- He was the nephew of Charles Townshend and the half-brother of George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend, Lord John Townshend and Lord Charles Townshend.
- On 21 September 1822, he was appointed major-commandant of the Norfolk Yeomanry Rangers, in place of his brother Lord Charles.Townshend was a Captain in the Royal Navy.
- He was also appointed a captain in the Norfolk Rangers of Yeomanry Cavalry on 18 April 1831.
- In 1818 he was returned to parliament as one of two representative for Helston, a constituency mainly controlled by his brother-in-law, the Duke of Leeds.
- He lost his seat in 1832 when the representation was reduced to one member, but was once again elected in 1835.
- This time he held the seat until 1837.Townshend married Elizabeth, daughter of Provo Featherstone Wallis and sister of Provo Wallis, on 13 June 1813.
- He died in June 1842, aged 56.
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