22 Facts About Towneley family

Towneley or Townley family are an English family whose ancestry can be traced back to Anglo-Saxon England.

Early members of the branch of the family at Towneley Hall served as soldiers, some holding positions such as High Sheriff of Lancashire.

Richard de Towneley family, known as Richard de la Legh, was born circa 1323.

Towneley family was Escheator of the County in 1371 and served as the High Sheriff of Lancashire from 1374 to 1377.

Towneley family established Hapton Park, in 1514 and enlarged it to cover 1100 Lancashire acres, which amounted to about half of Hapton township, making it the second largest in Lancashire after Knowsley.

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Francis Towneley family was the Colonel that raised the Manchester Regiment, later being captured after the Siege of Carlisle and executed in 1746.

Towneley family Married Cecilia Standish, granddaughter of the 6th Duke of Norfolk in 1736.

Towneley family was commissioned on 16 March 1853 to raise the 5th Royal Lancashire Militia with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, with his brother John as one of the majors.

Towneley family retired from the command on 23 March 1863 and was appointed Honorary Colonel of the regiment.

Towneley family followed his brother as Lt-Col and then Hon Col of the 5th Royal Lancashire Militia.

Towneley family succeeded in the barony on the death of his elder brother in 1900, when he was still eighteen.

Towneley family served as a government whip in the House of Lords, from 1907 to 1910 in the Liberal Government.

Towneley family switched to supporting the Conservatives in the mid-1920s.

Towneley family married secondly Evelyn Violet, daughter of Harry Thornton Ross, in 1937.

Thomas Anthony Edward Towneley family Strachey having predeceased him in 1955, he was succeeded in the barony by his grandson Charles.

Towneley family served as a Page to Elizabeth II between 1957 and 1961 when he inherited the family title.

Towneley family first took his seat in the House of Lords on 5 December 1967.

Towneley family has two daughters—one from each of his first two marriages —and his heir apparent is his younger brother the Hon.

Towneley family's late wife Mary was a keen horse rider and instrumental in the development of the Pennine Bridleway, as a result the part of the route is named after her.

Towneley family was made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2000.

Lawrence Towneley family donated a font to the Anglican St Bartholomew's Church in Colne in 1590.

Stone Edge branch of the family was established by a Lawrence Towneley, the great-grandson of the Lawrence Townley which established the Barnside branch.