John Townsend (Irish politician)

John Townsend (1737 – 4 August 1810)[1] was an Irish politician.

He was the third son of Richard Townsend, son of Bryan Townsend, and his second wife Elizabeth Beecher, daughter of Henry Beecher and granddaughter of Thomas Beecher.[2] In 1783, Townsend entered the Irish House of Commons for Dingle, the same constituency his brother Richard Townsend had also represented, and sat for it until 1797.[3] In the following year he was elected for Doneraile and Castlemartyr (Parliament of Ireland constituency), representing the latter until the Act of Union in 1801.[3]

In 1769, he married Mary Morris, daughter of Jonas Morris.[4] They had four daughters and four sons.[2]

References

1. Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800. Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 128. ISBN 1-903688-60-4.
2. "ThePeerage - John Townsend". Retrieved 1 June 2009.
3. "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
4. Burke, John (1863). Bernhard Burke (ed.). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. vol. II. London: Harrison. p. 1528.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Hayes St Leger Richard Boyle Townsend	Member of Parliament for Dingle 1783–1797 With: Richard Boyle Townsend 1783 Bartholomew Hoare 1783–1797	Succeeded by Lodge Evans Morres Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt
Preceded by John Maxwell James Chatterton	Member of Parliament for Doneraile 1798 With: Peter Holmes	Succeeded by Peter Holmes Barry Boyle St Leger
Preceded by Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt John Hobson	Member of Parliament for Castlemartyr 1798 – 1801 With: Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom