The third son of George Townshend, first marquess Townshend; he was Rector of Stiffkey and said to have been confined for insanity after murdering his brother Charles in 1796.

CORRESPONDENCE OF Lord Frederick Patrick Townshend:

Lord Frederick Townshend to Samuel Rogers, 2 August 1816 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)