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=Charles Townshend= toc

Name: Charles Townshend Hometown: Norfolk, England Date of Birth: April 18, 1675 Job Title:British secretary of state Education: University of Leiden and University of Oxford

Friends
Friend #1 Charles Cornwallis Charles Cornwallis and Charles Townshend both fought in battles together.

Friend #2 King George iii King George iii helped Charles Townshend at battles.

Friend #3 Thomas Gage Thomas Gage and Charles Townshend fought in battles together.

Friend #4 John Burgoyne John Burgoyne helped Charles Townshend with the Townshend Acts.

Friend #5 William Howe William Howe and Charles Townshend helped with the Stamp Act.

About Me
Paragraph 1 Hi I am Charles Townshend, my middle name is Viscount. I am a British politician. I was born at my family’s seat of Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England . I have two siblings, Lord John and George Townshend. I am the oldest of my two siblings. After I served as a secretary of state for a decade I got the name Turnip Townshend.

Paragraph 2 On August 15, 1755, I married Caroline Campbell. She is the daughter of John Campbell. Before Caroline married me, she had married Francis Scott. He died in 1750 and then five years later she married me. On August 28, 1767 she was made Baroness Greenwich in her own right by me.

Paragraph 3 On March 18, 1761 I went to Barrington as secretary-at-war. I became secretary-of-state also. I became secretary-of-state after George l became king. With my brother-in-law we formed an opposition group. We negotiated the treaty of Hanover with Prussia and France.

Wall Posts
 I was born on August 27, 1725.  In 1759 my brother, Roger, was killed at battle. On June 29, 1767 I put out the Townshend Acts saying the I imposed glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. I died on September 4, 1767.
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