About Richard Townsend
Lived 1735 – 1783 (aged 47–48). Richard Townsend was a politician.
Richard Townsend (c. 1731 – 12 December 1783) was an Irish politician.
He was the oldest son of Richard Townsend, son of Bryan Townsend, and his second wife Elizabeth Beecher, daughter of Henry Beecher and granddaughter of Thomas Beecher. His younger brother was John Townsend. He entered the Irish House of Commons for County Cork in 1759 and represented the constituency until his death in 1783.
In October 1752, he married Elizabeth FitzGerald, daughter of John FitzGerald, 15th Knight of Kerry.
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Irish politician
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