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About George Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend
George Ferrars Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend, previously known by the courtesy titles of Lord Chartley and Earl of Leicester, was a British peer. His homosexuality caused a scandal and resulted in the rapid breakdown of his marriage and disinheritance by his father. He moved abroad and died at Genoa, then in the Kingdom of Sardinia, without issue.
Everything about George Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the House of Lords
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- December 13, 1778
- Died
- December 31, 1855