Roger Townshend (died 1709)
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Roger Townshend (after 1675 – 22 May 1709) was an officer of the British Army.
The younger brother of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, he was appointed colonel of a newly raised regiment of Foot on 12 April 1706.[1] He also sat in Parliament for Norfolk[2] from 1701 to 1702, and again from 1705 to 1708, and then Yarmouth[3] from 1708 until his death in 1709.
References
- ↑ Charles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1661–1714, vol. 5 (London, 1902) p. 198.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
External links
- TOWNSHEND, Hon. Roger (aft.1675-1709). at the History of Parliament Online
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