The Honourable Coll. Townshend.

      Thos. Hudson Pinxt. Js. Mc.Ardell fecit. London, Published for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No.53 in Fleet Street. Mezzotint. 481 x 360mm. George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend (1724 – 1807), Field Marshal. Townshend served as a brigadier in Quebec, under General James Wolfe; when the latter died, and his second-in-command (Robert Monckton) was wounded, Townshend took command of the British forces during the siege of Quebec. He received Quebec City's surrender on September 18, 1759. However, he held Wolfe in much contempt, and was harshly criticized upon his return to Great Britain for that reason (Wolfe was a popular hero throughout the country). Nonetheless, he was promoted major general on March 6, 1761 and fought at the Battle of Vellinghausen. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1767–1772. Chaloner Smith: 176, unrecorded state between I and II.