Thomas Townshend was the son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. He was MP for Winchelsea from 1722 to 1727 and for Cambridge University from 1727 to 1774.
Reference:
Linda Frey and Marsha Frey, ‘Townshend, Charles, second Viscount Townshend (1674-1738)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27617 [accessed 2 Aug 2013]).
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