Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend

Events

1

Episodes

1

Years

1716

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Demotion of Viscount Townshend

   1716

   Role: Dismissed Secretary of State for the Northern Department

   1. 1October 1716 · HanoverStanhope's Defection in Hanover

      James Stanhope was persuaded by Sunderland during a visit to Hanover that Townshend was conspiring with the Prince of Wales against the King.

Sources

1. Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13