William Townsend Washington

(1802-1827)

LBT ID: WiWashi1827	B/BAP: 1802-02-28 DIED: 1827-07
SOURCES: St. Clair, That Greece Might Still be Free (1972) 289-81; My Southern Family
American philhellene, the son of Lund Washington (1767-1853); after West Point and military service he traveled to Greece in 1825 where he acquired an unsavory reputation. He was killed at Napoli during a civil insurrection.
REFERENCES TO William Townsend Washington: Humphreys, W. H. (William Henry), “Adventures of an English Officer in Greece. No. I.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 17 (August 1826) 172-181 Found 1: ¶ 12