The Hon Edward Townshend, D.D. (25 October 1719, Raynham, Norfolk – 27 January 1765, Bath) was an Anglican dean in the eighteenth century.[1]
The son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend[2] he was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He was ordained in 1743. Townshend became Rector of Pulham in 1745; and of Oakley in 1748. He was Deputy Clerk of the Closet from 1746 until his appointment as Dean of Norwich in 1761.[4]
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