George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend

The Marquess Townshend
Lord Townshend by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Lord Steward of the Household
In office
1799–1802
MonarchGeorge III
Prime MinisterWilliam Pitt the Younger
Henry Addington
Preceded byThe Duke of Dorset
Succeeded byThe Earl of Dartmouth
Personal details
BornGeorge Townshend
(1753-04-18)18 April 1753
Died27 July 1811(1811-07-27) (aged 58)
Spouse
Charlotte Mainwaring-Ellerker
(m. 1777; died 1802)
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge
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George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend, PC, FRS (18 April 1753 – 27 July 1811), known as The Lord Ferrers of Chartley from 1770 to 1784 and as The Earl of Leicester from 1784 to 1807, was a British peer and politician.