John Villiers Stuart Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend (10 April 1831 – 26 October 1899), known as Viscount Raynham from 1855 to 1863, was a British

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 peer

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 and Liberal

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 Member of Parliament

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Townshend was the son of John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend

John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend

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, and Elizabeth Jane Crichton-Stuart. The soldier George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend

George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend

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, was his paternal great-grandfather and Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

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, his maternal great-grandfather. He was elected to the House of Commons

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 for Tamworth

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 in 1855 (succeeding his father), a seat he held until 1863, when he inherited the marquessate on his father's death and entered the House of Lords

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Lord Townshend married Lady Anne Elizabeth Clementina Duff, daughter of James Duff, 5th Earl Fife

James Duff, 5th Earl Fife

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, on 17 October 1865. Their children included:

• John James Dudley Stuart Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend
  John Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend
  John James Dudley Stuart Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend , known as Viscount Raynham from 1866 to 1899, was a British peer....
  
  (1866–1921)
• Agnes Elizabeth Audrey Townshend (1870–1955), married James Cunningham-Durham and had issue.

Lord Townshend died in October 1899, aged 68, and was succeeded in his titles by his son John. Lady Townshend died in 1925.