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Marquess Townshend

Title in the Peerage of Great Britain

Marquessate of Townshend
Arms: Azure, a chevron ermine between three escallops argent. Crest: A Stag statant proper, attired and unguled Or. Supporters: Dexter: a Stag statant proper attired and unguled Or; Sinister: A greyhound Argent.
Creation date	31 October 1787
Created by	George III
Peerage	Peerage of Great Britain
First holder	George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend
Present holder	Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend
Heir apparent	Thomas Townshend, Viscount Raynham
Remainder to	The 1st Marquess' heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Viscount Townshend, of Raynham Baron Townshend, of Lynn Regis Baronet 'of Raynham'
Seat(s)	Raynham Hall
Motto	Haec Generi Incrementa Fides (Faith obtained these honours for our race)

Marquess Townshend is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain held by the Townshend family of Raynham Hall in Norfolk. The title was created in 1787 for George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend.

History

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The Townshend family descends from Roger Townshend, who in 1617 was created a baronet, of Raynham in the County of Norfolk, in the Baronetage of England. He later represented Orford and Norfolk in

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Pete Townshend

English musician (born 1945)

For other people with similar names, see Peter Townsend and Peter Townend.

Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, second lead vocalist, principal songwriter and leader of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s.^[2][3] His aggressive playing style and poetic songwriting techniques, with the Who and in other projects, have earned him critical acclaim.

Townshend has written more than 100 songs for 12 of the Who's studio albums. These include concept albums, the rock operasTommy (1969) and Quadrophenia (1973), plus popular rock radio staples such as Who's Next (1971); as well as dozens more that appeared as non-album singles, bonus tracks on reissues, and tracks on rarities compilation albums such as Odds & Sods (1974). He has also written more than 100 songs that have appeared on his solo albums, as well as radio jingles and television theme songs.

While known primarily as a guitarist, Townshend also plays keyboards, banjo, accordion, harmonica, ukulele, mandolin, violin, synthesiser, bass guitar, and drums; he is self-taught on all of these instruments and plays on his own solo albums, severa