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 …

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 …

Jul 25, 2016 · Charles Townshend (28 August 1725 – 4 September 1767) was a British politician who became infamous in the 13 original colonies for proposing the Townshend Acts. He was …

Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend was a Whig statesman who directed British foreign policy from 1721 to 1730. He succeeded his father, Horatio Townshend, as viscount in 1687, …

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 …

Jun 11, 2018 · Charles Townshend [1] Townshend, 2d Viscount (toun´zĕnd), 1674–1738, English statesman. A leading Whig in the reign of Queen Anne, he served as a commissioner to …

The Townshend Acts (/ ˈ t aʊ n z ən d /) [1] or Townshend Duties were a series of British acts of Parliament passed during 1766 and 1767 introducing a series of taxes and regulations to …

Townshend Acts, series of four acts passed by the British Parliament in 1767 in an attempt to exert authority over the American colonies. They were composed of the Suspending Act, the …

The Townshend Acts were named after Lord Charles Townshend, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the acts. He died in September 1767, before the final act was passed.

Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, KG PC FRS (/ ˈ t aʊ n z ən d /; 18 April 1674 – 21 June 1738) was a British Whig statesman. From 1714 to 1717, and again from 1721 to 1730, …