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Richard Townsend

1821 - 1884

Born

03 April 1821

Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland

Died

16 October 1884

At his residence, 54 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin, Ireland

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
07/06/1866
Relationships
Eldest son of Thomas Townsend of Smithville, and his wife Helena, daughter of John Freke of Baltimore; married Mary Jane Barret, his first cousin (she died 1881); no children