Townshend b. 2 June 1701, d. 21 May 1780 Hon. William Townshend b. 1702, d. 29 January 1738 Hon. Roger Townshend b. 5 June 1708, d. 7 August 1760 Secondly, he was married to Dorothy Walpole (1686–1726), sister of Sir Robert Walpole, who is said to haunt Raynham as the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall. Children with Dorothy Walpole: Hon. George Townshend b.1715 d. Aug 1769 Hon. Augustus Townshend b. 1716 d. 1746. Hon. Horatio Townshend b. 1718 d. 1764 Very Rev. The Hon. Edward Townshend b. 25 October 1719, d. 27 January 1765, Dean of Norwich (1761–1765), Canon of Westminster (1749–1761) Hon. Richard Townshend b. 1721 d. at a young age. Hon. Dorothy Townshend b.1722 d.1779. Hon. Mary Townshend married Lieutenant General Edward Cornwallis(5 Mar 172414 Jan 1776), son of Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis of Eye and Lady Charlotte Butler, in 1763 He had nine sons, one of them died at a young age. The eldest son, Charles, the 3rd viscount (1700–1764), was called to the House of Lords in 1723. The second son, Thomas Townshend (1701–1780), was member of parliament for the University of Cambridge from 1727 to 1774; his only son, Thomas Townshend (1733–1800), who was created Baron Sydney in 1783 and Viscount Sydney in 1789, was a secretary of state and Leader of the House of Commons from July 1782 to April 1783, and from December 1783 to June 1789 again a secretary of state, Sydney in New South Wales being named after him; his grandson, John Robert Townshend (1805–1890), the 3rd viscount, was created Earl Sydney in 1874, the titles becoming extinct at his death. Charles Townshend's eldest son by his second wife was George Townshend (1715–1769), who after serving for many years in the navy, became an admiral in 1765. The younger son Edward (1719–1765) became Dean of Norwich The third viscount had two sons, George, 1st Marquess Townshend, and Charles Townshend. Townsend was the maternal grandfather of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis. See also Kingdom of Great Britain#George I: 1714–1727 References Further reading Black, Jeremy. "Fresh Light on the Fall of Townshend." Historical Journal 29.1 (1986): 41–64. Black, Jeremy. "Additional Light on the Fall of Townshend." Yale University Library Gazette 63#3 (1989), pp. 132–136 online Black, Jeremy. British foreign policy in the age of Walpole (1985). Cruickshanks, Eveline. "The Political Management of Sir Robert Walpole, 1720–42." in Jeremy Black, ed., Britain in