John Towneley

John Towneley (16 February 1806 – 21 February 1878)[1] was an English Whig politician.

Not to be confused with the 18th-century translator of Hudibras into French, John Towneley (translator), a distant relative.

He was elected at the 1841 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Beverley, and held the seat until he did not stand at the 1852 general election.[1]

Personal life

A son of Peregrine Edward Towneley of Towneley Hall and Charlotte Drummond. He married Lucy Tichborne, the daughter of Henry Joseph Tichborne, (the 8th Baronet) and Anne Burke on 28 October 1840.[2]

They had five children, including Mabel, who married Lewis Henry Hugh Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, and Mary, who became a nun and Provincial of the English Province of Notre Dame Nuns. Their only son, Richard, died unmarried in 1877.

John inherited the Towneley estates, including the Lordship of Bowland, upon the death of his brother Colonel Charles Towneley in 1876.

As John's only son Richard died before he did, it became necessary to divide the estate between the seven daughters of the two men, requiring a private Act of Parliament.[3]

Like his brother, he also served in the 5th Royal Lancashire Militia, being promoted to Lt. Colonel in 1863.[4]

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References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
  2. "Person Page - 7599". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  3. "Tracing the Towneleys 2004" (PDF). towneley.org.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  4. London Gazette Accessed 2011
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sackville Lane-Fox
Sir James Hogg, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Beverley
1841–1852
With: Sir James Hogg, Bt 1841–1847
Sackville Lane-Fox 1847–1852		 Succeeded by
Hon. Francis Charles Lawley
William Wells


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