| 1822 December 5: Birth |
This is the date of birth given by most biographers. He was baptised at Rawmarsh, Yorkshire, on 1823 January 21. |
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| 1844: Cambridge University |
Frederick was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, on 1844 May 18 (Venn, J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954.) |
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| 1850: Awarded BA |
Frederick was awarded a BA degree in 1850 followed by MA in 1855. (ibid) |
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1861 June 6: Death of
A. J. Hambrough |
¹Hampshire Chronicle - 1861 June 15
DIED. On the 6th inst., at Princes-terrace, Hyde-park, London. Albert John Hambrough, Esq., F.L.S. F.G.S. of Steephill Castle, Isle of Wight, in the 41st year of his age.
A. J. Hambrough was a botanist and one of Frederick's closest relatives. Townsend's specimens show that he spent time collecting at Steephill. |
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| 1863 July 21: Marriage |
¹Oxford Journal - 1863 July 25
MARRIED. July 21, at All Saints’, Knightsbridge, by the Rev. W. W. Hume, Incumbent of St. Mary Magdalene, St. Leonard’s-on-Sea, assisted by the Rev. Windsor Hambrough, Rector of Evenlode, Gloucestershire, Frederick Townsend, Esq., only surviving son of the late Rev. E. J. Townsend, Esq., Rector of Ilmington, Warwickshire, to Mary Elizabeth, only child of the late Rev. Robert Butler, Vicar of St. John’s, Kilkenny. |
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| 1874: Honington Hall |
¹John Bull - 1873 September 20
... another link uniting the present to the last century has lately been severed in this neighbourhood by the death of the Rev. H. Townsend, of Honington Hall, at the ripe age of ninety years... He is succeeded at Honington by Mr. Frederick Townsend, the eldest surviving son of his next brother, the late Rev. Edward Townsend, formerly Rector of Honington. |
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| 1883: Flora of Hampshire |
Townsend, F. 1883. Flora of Hampshire including the Isle of Wight. London.
... and I may mention here that my first lessons in Botany were learnt on Hampshire ground; which circumstance, probably, went far to induce me more earnestly to take up the Flora during my permanent residence of nearly ten years in the county."
[Full text - Google Books] |
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| 1886 July 7: MP |
¹Banbury Advertiser - 1886 July 15
TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTH-WEST WARWICKSHIRE
ELECTORS, The victory we have won today ia a glorious one. We have fought for a good cause; our beloved country is in danger, and you, by your votes, have helped avert that danger. I offer my hearty thanks to all, and especially to you who are working men, whose help I have not sought in vain, and wose votes have greatly helped us to win the day. But though the battle is ours now, we may soon be called upon to fight again. Let our watchword be "Be ready," so that whenever that time may come, we may win again as we have won today.
Yours faithfully, Frederick Townsend. Honington Hall, 7th July 1886 |
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| 1892 June 28: Resignation from Parliament |
¹Leamington Spa Courier - 1892 July 9
TO THE ELECTORS SOUTH-WEST WARWICKSHIRE.
Gentlemen, The Dissolution of the late Parliament, which has just taken place, severs the tie which has bound us closely for six years. For many reasons I regret that I do not seek to represent your interests and those of our beloved country in future Parliament. I am deeply impressed with and highly value the unbroken confidence you have accorded me, and I shall not cease to value it. I do not again seek your suffrages only because time decreases the vigour with which I should desire to serve you.
In taking leave of you and in thanking you for your support and confidence, let me urge upon you to further the Unity and Welfare of our country and the return of our leader, Lord Salisbury, by sending to Parliament the Candidate who will support him. have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully,
FREDERICK TOWNSEND.
Honington Hall, June 29th, 1892. |
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| 1905 December 16: Death |
¹Birmingham Daily - 1905 December 20
Gazette DEATH OF MR. F. TOWNSEND. The death has taken place in the South of France of Mr. Frederick Townsend, of Honington Hall, Shipston-on-Stour, at the age of eighty-four. Mr. Townsend was well-known and much respected in South Warwickshire. To him the Unionist party owed a considerable debt of gratitude. At the general election of 1885 Lord William Compton (now Marquis of Northampton) defeated the Conservative candidate, Mr. S. S. Lloyd, by a majority of 801. In the ensuing year Mr. Townsend left the retirement of country life to which he was attached and became the champion of Unionism on the Home Rule issue in the election of 1886. Mr. Townsend led his party to victory, and by a majority of 489, placed the representation of the division in the hands of the Conservatives and Unionists, who have maintained their position with increasing success whenever the seat has been contested during the past twenty years. Mr. Townsend retired from Parliamentary life in 1892, being succeeded in the representation of the Stratford-on-Avon division by Mr. A. B. Freeman-Mitford, now Lord Redesdale. br Mr. Townsend then resumed the career of unostentatious usefulness, which he had previously pursued at his beautiful home near Shipeston-on-Stour. Miss Alice Carleton, a relative of the deceased gentleman, married Mr. John Stratford Dugdale, Recorder of Birmingham.
[Link to obituary published in the Journal of Botany, v44, 1906. - Biodiversity Heritage Library] |
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