John Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend

John James Dudley Stuart Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend (17 October 1866 – 17 November 1921), known as Viscount Raynham from 1866 to 1899, was a British peer.

Early life Townshend was the son of John Villiers Stuart Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend, and Lady Anne Elizabeth Clementina Duff.

Personal life

Heavily in debt, Townshend was forced to sell many of the family's valuables, including nearly 200 masterpieces, including works by Thomas Gainsborough, Peter Paul Rubens, and Anthony van Dyck.

Shortly after the wedding, his new father-in-law attempted to have Lord Townshend declared insane. However, "a court found him incapable of managing his own financial affairs, but sane enough to remain at liberty, under the care of his wife." Lady Elizabeth Mary Gladys Townshend (1917–1950), who married Sir Eric White, 2nd Baronet. She later married John Clifford Roberts.

Lord Townshend died in November 1921, aged 55, and was succeeded in his titles by his five-year-old son George.

Descendants The current Marquess Townshend, Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend (born 1945), is his grandson. The music producer and sound engineer Cenzo Townshend (b. 1963) is his great-grandson.

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