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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Townsend, James, d. 1787 DNB: Townsend, James (bap. 1737, d. 1787), politician LBT ID: JaTowns1787 VIAF ID: 41716087 LOC ID: nr93040016 | B/BAP: 1737-02-08 DIED: 1787-07-01 |
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Educated at Hertford College, Oxford, he was a London politician, MP, and supporter of
John Wilkes. | |
REFERENCES TO James Townshend: Samuel Parr to Sir Matthew Wood, 1 November 1816 in Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.;
with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Found 1:
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