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Charles Townshend (27 August 1725 – 4 September 1767) was a British politician who held various titles in the Parliament of Great Britain. His establishment of the controversial Townshend Acts is considered one of the key causes of the American Revolution.
Charles Townshend (Rynam Hall, 29 agosto 1725 – Londra, 4 settembre 1767) è stato un politico britannico, secondo figlio di Charles Townshend, III visconte Townshend e Audrey (morta 1788), figlia di Edward Harrison di Ball's Park, vicino Hertford, una lady che rivaleggiò con suo figlio in brillantezza e franchezza di espressione ...
11 apr 2024 · Charles Townshend (born August 27, 1725—died September 4, 1767, London, England) was a British chancellor of the Exchequer whose measures for the taxation of the British American colonies intensified the hostilities that eventually led to the American Revolution.
14 apr 2024 · Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (born April 18, 1675, Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England—died June 21, 1738, Raynham) was a Whig statesman who directed British foreign policy from 1721 to 1730. He succeeded his father, Horatio Townshend, as viscount in 1687, and in 1714 King George I appointed him a secretary
CATEGORIE. Uomo politico inglese (n. 1725 - m. 1767), nipote dell'omonimo 2º visconte. Lord dell'Ammiragliato (1754), membro del Consiglio privato (1756), ...
The American Revolution. Home. People. Townshend, Charles. Charles Townshend (1725-1767), the second son of the Charles, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and his wife Ethelreda Harrison, is best known for the American Revenue Act of 1767 that bears his name as the "Townshend duties."
11 giu 2018 · C harles Townshend was a brilliant and witty man, and a member of the British Parliament who strove to please those he thought could do him the most good. He is mostly remembered for the Townshend Acts of 1767, which taxed and angered the American colonies to revolt.
