Background
Townshend, Wilson Lewis was born on October 19, 1890 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of John Wilson and Elizabeth Morrow (Gayley) Townshend.
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Wilson Lewis Townshend
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Bachelor of Laws, George Washington University, 1913.
Career
General practice, Washington and Maryland., 1916-1940; deputy register of wills, Washington, 1919; special assistant to attorney general, establishing title of the United States in waterfront land in Washington, 1932-1933; became general counsel, Export-Import Bank of Washington, 1949; director, Export-Import Bank of Washington, 1952-1953. Board directors Equitable Cooperative Building Association, Montgomery Mutual Building Association.
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Membership
Corporation counsel Town of Kensington, 1920-1940. Captain infantry United States Army, 1917-1919. Assistant intelligence officer Military Intelligence division War Department General Staff, 1940-1946.
Chief Latin American branch and Western Hemisphere specialist. Colonel Military Intelligence Reserve from 1943. Member American, Federal, District of Columbia and Maryland. bar associations, American Legion, Reserve Officers Association, Cosmos Club, Masons, Kappa Alpha.
Connections
Married Virginia Ray Wilson, January 21, 1920. Children: Elizabeth Gayley (Mistress Horace Lincoln Jacobs III), Wilson Lewis.
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Presbyterian
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1913