Edward Townshend
The Hon Edward Townshend, D.D. (b (b Raynham, Norfolk 25 October 1719 - d Bath 27 January 1765) was an Anglican Dean in the eighteenth century.[1]
The son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend[2] he was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He was ordained in 1743. Townshend became Rector of Pulham in 1745; and of Oakley in 1748. He was Deputy Clerk of the Closet from 1746 until his appointment as Dean of Norwich in 1761.[4]
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- Inscription near front door of Bath Abbey,
- thePeerage.com
- Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. Part I. From the earliest times to 1751 Vol. iv. Saal – Zuinglius, (1927) p258
- British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 – Deans of Norwich
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| Preceded by Thomas Bullock |
Dean of Norwich 1761–1765 |
Succeeded by Philip Lloyd |
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