# George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend

> Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC, styled as the Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was a British Army officer and politician. After serving at the Battle of Dettingen during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Battle of Culloden during the Jacobite Rising, Townshend took command of the British forces for the closing stages of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham during the Seven Years' War. He went on to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland or Viceroy where he introduced measures aimed at increasing the size of Irish regiments, reducing corruption in Ireland and improving the Irish economy. In cooperation with Prime Minister North in London, he solidified governmental control over Ireland. He also served as Master-General of the Ordnance, first in the North Ministry and then in the Fox-North Coalition.

*British Field Marshal and Marquess (1724-1807)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Designer
- **Category:** Designers
- **Born:** 1724-02-28
- **Died:** 1807-09-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 11.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [George Townshend, 1:e markis Townshend](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Townshend%2C_1%3Ae_markis_Townshend)
- [جورج تاونسند (راسم من مملكه بريطانيا العظمى)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%89))
- [George Townshend, 1. markýz Townshend](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Townshend%2C_1._mark%C3%BDz_Townshend)
- [George Townshend, 1. Marquess Townshend](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Townshend%2C_1._Marquess_Townshend)
- [George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Townshend%2C_1st_Marquess_Townshend)
- [George Townshend, I marqués de Townshend](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Townshend%2C_I_marqu%C3%A9s_de_Townshend)
- [جورج تاونشند](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%AF)
- [George Townshend](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Townshend)
- [George Townshend, I marchese Townshend](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Townshend%2C_I_marchese_Townshend)
- [ジョージ・タウンゼンド (初代タウンゼンド侯爵)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89_(%E5%88%9D%E4%BB%A3%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E4%BE%AF%E7%88%B5))
- [제1대 타운젠드 후작 조지 타운젠드](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C1%EB%8C%80_%ED%83%80%EC%9A%B4%EC%A0%A0%EB%93%9C_%ED%9B%84%EC%9E%91_%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80_%ED%83%80%EC%9A%B4%EC%A0%A0%EB%93%9C)
- [George Townshend](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Townshend)
- [Таунсенд, Джордж, 1-й маркиз Таунсенд](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%2C_1-%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3101971)

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