Roger Townshend (died 1709)

Roger Townshend (after 1675 – 22 May 1709) was an officer of the British Army and Member of Parliament.[1]

He was the son of Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend and the younger brother of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. He was educated at Eton College c.1688–95 and at King’s College, Cambridge.

On 12 April 1706 he was appointed colonel for life of a regiment of Foot which had been raised to fight in Spain.[2] In the event the regiment was sent to Flanders instead.

He also sat in Parliament for Norfolk from 1701 to 1702, again from 1705 to 1708, and then Yarmouth from 1708 until his death in 1709.

He never married.

References

  1. ↑ "TOWNSHEND, Hon. Roger (aft.1675-1709)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Charles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1661–1714, vol. 5 (London, 1902) p. 198.
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