Horatio Townshend 1630-1687
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Horatio TOWNSHEND, 1st Viscount Townshend 1630-87
Biographical Note
Politician and landowner.
Books
Surviving book bills and correspondence testify to the existence of a substantial library at his house at Raynham, Norfolk, developed during his lifetime.
Sources
- Handley, Stuart. "Townshend, Horatio, first Viscount Townshend (bap. 1630, d. 1687), politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Rosenheim, J. The Townshends of Raynham, 1989.
- West, Susie. The development of libraries in Norfolk country houses (UEA Ph.D thesis, 2000).