TOWNSHEND, CHARLES

1725–67, English statesman; grandson of the 2d Viscount Townshend. Distrusted for his marked instability, he held relatively minor offices until the 1st earl of Chatham made him chancellor of the exchequer in 1766. Because of Chatham's illness Townshend became the leading figure in the ministry. He effectively sabotaged Chatham's plan to bring India under the sovereignty of the crown and undertook the ill-fated American import levies known as the Townshend Acts. He died shortly after the passage of the measures.

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The Letters of Charles Dickens - Vol. 11
Book by Graham Storey, Charles Dickens; Clarendon Press, 1999
Subjects: Dickens, Charles--1812-1870--Correspondence, Novelists, English--19th Century--Correspondence
...with Austria 218 , 226 , 231 n Pryme, Charles de la see De La Pryme, Charles Public Ledger Philadelphia newspaper 77...Henry Jarvis 523 n Raynham, Viscount see Townshend, 5th Marquis READE, Charles 312 n; accused of indecency 312 n, 313...
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The Letters of Charles Dickens - Vol. 3
Book by Madeline House, Graham Storey, Kathleen Tillotson, Charles Dickens, Noel C. Peyrouton; Clarendon Press, 1974
Subjects: Dickens, Charles--1812-1870
...friend W. C. Macready Esquire CHARLES DICKENS To LORD JEFFREY, LATE...W. W. Greenough, Esq. CHARLES DICKENS To DR FRANCIS DANA...beg to say that I know Mr. Townshend 5 well. He is a gentleman...in Putnams. 5 Chauncy Hare Townshend 1798-1868; DNB : see Vol...
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The Early History of Charles James Fox
Book by George Trevelyan Otto; Harper & Brothers, 1900
Subjects: Fox, Charles James--1749-1806, Great Britain--History--1760-1789, Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography
...Lord; Commons, House of, etc. Townshend, Alderman, 185 n, 224 , 336 , 338 , 443 . WAL Townshend, Charles, 12 f, 122 n, 123 n, 127 , 276...Exchequer, 121 ; death of, 122 . Townshend, John, 49 n. Townshend, Lady...
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The Life of Charles James Fox
Book by Edward Lascelles; Oxford University Press, 1936
Subjects: Fox, Charles James--1749-1806, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1760-1820
...Tooke, Home, 220 -1, 234 , 261 , 264 - 5, 271 , 292 . Toulon, 255 -6, 258 -9. Townshend, Lord, 119 . Townshend, Charles, 55 , 147 . Townshend, Lord John, 70 , 170 , 202 , 289 , 322 , 326 , 327 . Trafalgar, 317 . Treason Trials...
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The Radical Duke: Career and Correspondence of Charles Lennox, Third Duke of Richmond
Book by Alison Gilbert Olson; Oxford University Press, 1961
Subjects: Richmond And Lennox, Charles Lennox--Duke Of--1735-1806
...Horne, 55 , 93 . Townshend, Charles d. 1767 , Chancelloer...n. 2, 125 n.3. Townshend, Lord George, Master...n. 3, 145 n. 3. Townshend, Thomas, see Sydney...220 f. Turner, Sir Charles, 196 n. 2. Upper...
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The Influence of Naval Captain Charles Austen's North American Experiences on Persuasion and Mansfield Park
Journal article by Sheila Johnson Kindred; Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal, Vol. 31, 2009
Subjects: Austen, Charles--Family, Austen, Charles--Influence, Austen, Charles--Practice, Austen, Jane--Criticism and interpretation, Austen, Jane--Family, Austen, Jane--Works, Mansfield Park (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Naval officers--Family, Naval officers--Influence, Naval officers--Practice, Navies--Family, Navies--Influence, Navies--Officials and employees, Navies--Practice, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Persuasion (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation
The Influence of Naval Captain Charles Austens North American Experiences on...most important sources was her brother Charles, who, as an officer in the British navy...Mansfield Park. What Jane Austen knew about Charles Austens distant naval world proved to...
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The New Foundling Hospital for Wit: From Hanbury Williams to John Wilkes
Journal article by Donald W. Nichol; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 34, 2001
Subjects: Books--Analysis, Canon (Literature)--Research, English wit and humor--History, Satire--History, The Foundling Hospital for Wit (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The New Foundling Hospital for Wit (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Wilkes, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Williams, Charles Hanbury--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Sir Walter Raleigh, Charles Townshend, Bonnell Thornton, Charlotte Lennox, Robert Lloyd...writers past and present (from Milton and Pope to Charles Townshend and John Hall-Stevenson), Almon included three...
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Emotional Facial Expression Decoding Impairment in Persons Dependent on Multiple Substances: Impact of a History of Alcohol Dependence *
Journal article by Marie-Line Foisy, Pierre Philippot, Paul Verbanck, Isidore Pelc, Georges Van Der Straten, Charles Kornreich; Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 66, 2005
Subjects: Alcoholics--Research, Alcoholism--Research, Alcoholism--Risk factors, Disabilities--Causes of, Disabilities--Research, Disability--Causes of, Disability--Research, Facial expression--Research
...Georges Van Der Straten , Charles Kornreich ABSTRACT...Philippot et al., 1999; Townshend and Duka, 2003...471-480, 1988. TOWNSHEND, J.M. AND DUKA...GEORGES VAN DER STRATEN, CHARLES KORNREICH Correspondence may be sent to Charles Kornreich, Universite...
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The Social and Cultural Dynamics of Soldiering in Hood's Texas Brigade
Journal article by Charles E. Brooks; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 67, 2001
Subjects: Texas
...Republic (New York, 1995); and Charles E. Brooks, Frontier Settlement...Southern Honor, 435-61; and Charles L. Flynn Jr., White Land...comp., Genealogy of the Townshend-Townsend Family (Oklahoma...Panic of 1837 in the South see Charles S. Sydnor, The Development...
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'No Condition Is Permanent': Ethnic Construction and the Use of History in Akuapem
Journal article by Michelle Gilbert; Africa, Vol. 67, 1997
Subjects: Ethnic relations--Ghana, Ghana--Social aspects, Secession--Ghana
...preventing long-term change, Townshend (1987: 314) follows Charles Tilly in arguing that the...social breakdown (pace Townshend 1987: 314). For what...Autobiography. Accra: the author. Townshend, Charles. 1987. `The necessity...
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'Soldiers Are We': The Easter Rising Took Place in Dublin Ninety Years Ago This Month. Charles Townshend Has Read Hundreds of 'Witness Statements' from the Men and Women Who Took Part, Made Available to the Public in 2003 after Decades in a Government Vault
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 56, April 2006
Subjects: Easter Rising, 1916--Research, Ireland--History, Military service, Voluntary--Personalities, Voluntary military service--Personalities
Soldiers Are We: The Easter Rising Took Place in Dublin Ninety Years Ago This Month. Charles Townshend Has Read Hundreds of Witness Statements from the Men and Women Who Took Part, Made Available to the Public in 2003 after Decades...
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Maryland's "First Citizen": The Maryland Senate Issues a "First Citizen" Award Every Year as a Well Deserved Tribute to Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the Wealthiest Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Magazine article by Thomas R. Eddlem; The New American, Vol. 18, August 26, 2002
Subjects: Carroll, Charles--Behavior, Celebrities--Behavior, Maryland. General Assembly. Senate--Achievements and awards, Maryland--History
...political climate of 1764. Charles quickly settled into...turmoil over the Sugar and Townshend acts. He took over...grandfather before him, Charles Carroll of Carrollton...the Stamp Act and the Townshend Act, in addition to...policy of England," Charles wrote to Graves in 1765...
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The Irish Revolution and Its Aftermath 1916-1923 Years of Revolt
Magazine article by Charles Townshend; History Today, Vol. 53, July 2003
Subjects: Armed Struggle: A History of the IRA (Book)--Reviews, Irish Revolution and its Aftermath 1916-1923 Years of Revolt (Book)--Reviews, Irish War of Independence (Book)--Reviews
...and its Aftermath 1916-1923 Years of Revolt. by Charles Townshend Francis Costello Irish Academic Press, Dublin 452pp...which helps to make sense of the Irish conflict. Charles Townshend is the author of Ireland:The 20th Century (Arnold...
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Militarism and Modern Society
Magazine article by Charles Townshend; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 17, Winter 1993
Subjects: Militarism--History
Militarism and modern society by Charles Townshend In 1793, Year I of the French Republic, the town of...to save the planet, might just become such an end. Charles Townsend, a former Wilson Center Fellow, is professor...
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Washburn Wd 10sce
Magazine article by Charles Saufley; Acoustic Guitar, Vol. 21, October 2010
Washburn Wd 10sce by Charles Saufley THE QUESTION of how to amplify your guitar is one that most...strumming chunty 16th-note power chords and triads (think Peter Townshend on "Overture" from Tommy) feels completely natural on this guitar...
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Obituary; Marquess Townshend
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), May 3, 2010
...to fit the bill, but Lord Townshend broke off the engagement when...Their son, the seventh-Lord Townshend was a quieter soul. He survived...His heir is his elder son Charles, Viscount Raynham, born...George John Patrick Dominic Townshend, landowner and peer born...
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The Park Rocks Again; PRINCE CHARLES JOINS 150,000 FANS IN HOMAGE TO POP LEGENDS
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 30, 1996
Subjects: Dylan, Bob
...The Park Rocks Again; PRINCE CHARLES JOINS 150,000 FANS IN HOMAGE...the Princes Trust. Prince Charles himself was among the crowd...Quadrophenia featuring Pete Townshend and Who cohorts Roger Daltrey...exchange backstage, Prince Charles joked with Glitter about the...
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Big Foot OR Leg Pull? A Look at Mysteries Caught on Camera
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), January 27, 2008
...and Indre Shira on an assignment for Country Life magazine. The Brown Lady is said to be the ghost of Lady Townshend, whose husband Charles was imprisoned in the family estate. THE COTTINGLEY FAIRIES THE Cottingley Fairies are figures that appear...
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The Clash of Battling War Plans
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 22, 2002
...War I when British Gen. Sir Charles Townshend, commanding two Indian Army...and kick out the Turkish army. Townshend was repulsed and fell back on...After a bloody siege during which Townshend s troops ate their horses, the...
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Turn over a New Leaf
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 4, 2006
...Middle Ages, and perfected by British agriculturalist Charles Townshend in the 18th century. He advocated growing four plant...was granted the rather unfortunate moniker Turnip Townshend, after the root vegetable that often featured in...
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encyclopedia articles on: Townshend Charles  - 9 results

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Townshend, Charles Townshend, 2d Viscount
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TOWNSHEND, CHARLES TOWNSHEND, 2D VISCOUNT toun zend, 1674 1738, English statesman. A leading...the Hanoverian succession, and when George I became king (1714) Townshend was appointed a secretary of state. He was somewhat overshadowed...
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Townshend, Charles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TOWNSHEND, CHARLES 1725 67, English statesman; grandson of the 2d Viscount Townshend. Distrusted for his marked instability...1766. Because of Chathams illness Townshend became the leading figure in the ministry...
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Townshend Acts
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TOWNSHEND ACTS 1767, originated by Charles Townshend and passed by the English Parliament shortly after the repeal of the Stamp Act . They were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass...
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Sunderland, Charles Spencer, 3d Earl Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SUNDERLAND, CHARLES SPENCER, 3D EARL OF 1674 1722, English statesman; son of the 2d...offices, but through intrigue he secured the dismissal of Viscount Townshend and Robert Walpole and became a secretary of state (1717) and first...
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Chatham, William Pitt, 1st Earl Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...administration, and his chancellor of the exchequer, Charles Townshend , not only sabotaged his plans to reorganize the East India Company but passed the ill-fated Townshend Acts (1767). In virtual retirement from 1767...
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