Tuesday 2 July 2013
196 John Townshend
Constituency : Tamworth 1856-63
John was the son and heir of Marquess Townshend and was also known as Lord Raynham. He succeeded his father in the seat in 1856.
John was concerned about assaults on women and had a motion for a committee on the subject rejected in 1857. He favoured men convicted of such offences being flogged. He also raised humanitarian concerns about the administration of workhouses and personally intervened to get a destitute family admitted to a London workhouse in 1863. He spoke in favour of the Cruelty to Animals Prevention Bill in 1861. His last speech in the Commons called for active intervention in support of Poland.
John quit his seat on inheriting the marquisate in 1863, the Tories taking it in the by-election.
He died in 1899 aged 68.
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