Background
Townsend, Reginald T. was born on August 3, 1890 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of James Bliss and Eugenie Mathilde (Gilbert) Townsend.
Townsend, Reginald T. was born on August 3, 1890 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of James Bliss and Eugenie Mathilde (Gilbert) Townsend.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1912.
1 son, Wharton Anthony Duncan. With Price Brothers & Company, paper mfgrs., Quebec, Canada, 1912-1915. Assistant editor World’s Work, 1915-1917.
Editor Red Cross Magazine, 1917-1919.
Managing editor Country Life, 1919, editor, 1920-1935. President Staten Island Beach Land Improvement Company, 1921-1954.
Vice president, secretary, and director Lennen & Mitchell, advertising agency, 1935-1951. Vice president, trustee Radio Liberty Committee, Incorporated., from 1951.
Private Motor Battalion, New York National Guard, 1916-1918.
Captain and major American Red Cross, service in France, 1918-1919. Past president French Institute in the United States. Director Madison Square Boys’ Club.
Member Saint Nicholas Society (ex-president), Federation des Alliances Francaise, Society Colonial Wars (ex-governor, director), New England Society (ex. president). Created Commander Legion of Honor (France). Clubs: Union (past vice president), Coffee House, Dutch Treat, Circus Saints and Sinners (past president) (New York), Colonial (Princeton).
Married Madeleine Drexel Dahlgren, June 13, 1919. Married second, Ruth Poor Blake, September 17, 1951.