George Townshend (Royal Navy officer)

George Townshend
George Townshend
Born	29 October 1716
Died	August 1769 (aged 52)
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Bedford; Jamaica Station
Battles/wars	War of the Austrian Succession
Relations	Hon. Augustus Townshend (brother) ; Hon. Horatio Townshend (brother) ; Very Rev. Hon. Edward Townshend (brother) ; Hon. Richard Townshend (brother) ; Hon. Dorothy Townshend (sister) ; Hon. Mary Townshen (sister) ; Hon. Elizabeth Townshend (half-sister) ; Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend (half-brother) ; Hon. Thomas Townshend (half-brother) ; Hon. William Townshend (half-brother) ; Hon. Roger Townshend (half-brother)

Admiral The Hon. George Townshend (29 October 1716 – August 1769) was a British naval commander.

Naval career

Townshend was the eldest son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, and his second wife Dorothy, sister of Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole.[1]

Townshend served in the Royal Navy and, having been promoted to post captain on 30 January 1739, he was given command of the third-rate HMS Bedford in 1743 and saw action at the Battle of Toulon in February 1744[2] before commanding British fleet at the Siege of Genoa in 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession.[3] He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station from 1749 to 1752, and having been promoted to rear admiral on 6 January 1755, he served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station again from 1755 to 1757.[4]

Promoted to vice admiral in February 1757 and to full admiral in 1765, he died in August 1769.[2]

Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Townshend, George (1715-1769)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 57. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
"George Townshend". Three Decks. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
Lodge p.201-202
Cundall, p. xx

Cundall, Frank (1915). Historic Jamaica. West India Committee.
Lodge, Sir Richard (1930). Studies in Eighteenth Century Diplomacy 1740-1748. John Murray.

Military offices
Preceded by Charles Knowles	Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station 1749–1752	Succeeded by Vacant
Preceded by Vacant	Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station 1755–1757	Succeeded by Thomas Cotes

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