Etheldreda Townshend
The Viscountess Townshend | |
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Portrait by Jean-Baptiste van Loo (c. 1738) | |
| Born | Audrey Etheldreda Harrison 1708 Balls Park, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 5 March 1788 (aged 79–80) |
| Known for | Notorious society hostess |
| Spouse | Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend |
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Audrey Etheldreda Townshend, Viscountess Townshend (née Harrison; 1708 – 5 March 1788), was a celebrated English socialite, widely believed to have inspired the character "Lady Bellaston", the notorious fictional seductress in Henry Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.