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{{Short description|Irish politician, born 1737}}
{{other people||John Townsend (disambiguation){{!}}John Townsend}}
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'''John Townsend''' (1737 – 4 August 1810)<ref>{{cite book | last = Johnston-Liik | first = Edith Mary | title = MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 | ISBN = 1-903688-60-4 | publisher = Ulster Historical Foundation | year = 2006 | pages = 128 }}</ref> was an Irish politician.
He was the third son of Richard Townsend, son of [[Bryan Townsend (Irish politician)|Bryan Townsend]], and his second wife Elizabeth Beecher, daughter of Henry Beecher and granddaughter of [[Thomas Beecher]].<ref name = thePeerage>{{cite web | url = http://thepeerage.com/p28105.htm#i281043 | title = ThePeerage - John Townsend | accessdate = 1 June 2009 }}</ref> In 1783, Townsend entered the [[Irish House of Commons]] for [[Dingle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Dingle]], the same constituency his brother [[Richard Townsend (politician)|Richard Townsend]] had also represented, and sat for it until 1797.<ref name = Rayment/> In the following year he was elected for [[Doneraile (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Doneraile]] and [[Castlemartyr (Parliament of Ireland constituency)]], representing the latter until the [[Act of Union, 1800|Act of Union]] in 1801.<ref name = Rayment>{{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm | title = Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800 | accessdate = 31 May 2009 | url-status = usurped | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm | archive-date = 1 June 2009 }}</ref>
In 1769, he married Mary Morris, daughter of Jonas Morris.<ref>{{cite book | last = Burke | first = John | editor =  Bernhard Burke | title = Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry | publisher = Harrison | location = London | volume = II | year = 1863 | pages = 1528 }}</ref> They had four daughters and four sons.<ref name = thePeerage/>
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{{s-bef| before = [[Hayes St Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile|Hayes St Leger]] <br /> [[Richard Boyle Townsend]]  }}
{{s-ttl| title  = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Dingle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Dingle]]
| with   = [[Richard Boyle Townsend]] 1783
| with2  = [[Bartholomew Hoare]] 1783–1797
| years  = 1783–1797 }}
{{s-aft| after  = [[Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency|Lodge Evans Morres]] <br /> [[Sir James Cotter, 2nd Baronet|Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt]] }}
{{s-bef| before = [[John Maxwell-Barry, 5th Baron Farnham|John Maxwell]] <br /> [[Sir James Chatterton, 1st Baronet|James Chatterton]] }}
{{s-ttl| title  = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Doneraile (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Doneraile]]
| with   = [[Peter Holmes (politician)|Peter Holmes]]
| years  = 1798 }}
{{s-aft| after  = [[Peter Holmes (politician)|Peter Holmes]] <br /> [[Barry Boyle St Leger]] }}
{{s-bef| before = [[Sir James Cotter, 2nd Baronet|Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt]] <br /> [[John Hobson (Irish politician)|John Hobson]] }}
{{s-ttl| title  = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Castlemartyr (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Castlemartyr]]
| with   = [[Sir James Cotter, 2nd Baronet|Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt]]
| years  = 1798 – [[1801 United Kingdom general election|1801]] }}
{{s-aft| after  = Parliament of the United Kingdom }}
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