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Son of [[crossreference::Roger Townshend 1595-1637|Sir Roger Townshend]], 1st baronet (1595-1637). Matriculated at [[education::St John's College, Cambridge]] in 1644; MA 1645. [[occupation::JP]] 1652; [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Norfolk]] 1656, 1659, 1660. He was created [[personal title::Viscount Townshend]] in 1682. He married [[family::Mary Townshend|Mary]] (1634-1673) in 1648; after her death he married [[family::Mary Ashe|Mary]] (1652/3-1685), daughter of [[associates::Sir Joseph Ashe]], 1st baronet.
  
 
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*[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/townshend-sir-horatio-1630-87 History of Parliament].
 
*Handley, Stuart. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/27628 "Townshend, Horatio, first Viscount Townshend (bap. 1630, d. 1687), politician."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.
 
*Handley, Stuart. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/27628 "Townshend, Horatio, first Viscount Townshend (bap. 1630, d. 1687), politician."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.
 
*Rosenheim, J. ''The Townshends of Raynham'', 1989.
 
*Rosenheim, J. ''The Townshends of Raynham'', 1989.
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Horatio TOWNSHEND, 1st Viscount Townshend 1630-87

Biographical Note

Son of Sir Roger Townshend, 1st baronet (1595-1637). Matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1644; MA 1645. JP 1652; MP for Norfolk 1656, 1659, 1660. He was created Viscount Townshend in 1682. He married Mary (1634-1673) in 1648; after her death he married Mary (1652/3-1685), daughter of Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st baronet.

Books

Surviving book bills and correspondence testify to the existence of a substantial library at his house at Raynham, Norfolk, developed during his lifetime.

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