Background
Townshend was the fourth son of Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, and his first wife Charlotte Compton, 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley.
Townshend was the fourth son of Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, and his first wife Charlotte Compton, 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley.
He was elected to the House of Commons for Great Yarmouth on 25 May 1796. Lord Frederick was later declared insane.
18th Parliament of Great Britain.