Who married George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend?

Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC (28 February 1724 – 14 September 1807), known as The Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was a British soldier and politician. After serving at the Battle of Dettingen during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Battle of Culloden during the Jacobite Rising, Townshend took command of the British forces for the closing stages of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham during the Seven Years' War. He went on to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland or Viceroy where he introduced measures aimed at increasing the size of Irish regiments, reducing corruption in Ireland and improving the Irish economy. In cooperation with Prime Minister North in London, he solidified governmental control over Ireland. He also served as Master-General of the Ordnance, first in the North Ministry and then in the Fox–North Coalition.

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Charlotte Townshend, Viscountess Townshend (died 3 September 1770), suo jure 16th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley and 7th Baroness Compton, known as Lady Charlotte Compton until 1749 and as Lady Ferrers of Chartley from 1749 to 1764, was a British peeress.

Charlotte was the only surviving child of James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton, and his wife Elizabeth Shirley, suo jure 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley. The barony of Ferrers of Chartley had fallen into abeyance on her mother's death in 1741. However, in 1749, the abeyance was terminated in Charlotte's favour, and she became the 16th Baroness. In 1754, she also succeeded her father in the barony of Compton.

In 1751, Charlotte married the Hon. George Townshend, later fourth Viscount Townshend and first Marquess Townshend. When he succeeded in the viscountcy in 1764, she became known as Viscountess Townshend. Charlotte died in September 1770 and was succeeded in the two baronies by her eldest son George, who was created Earl of Leicester in 1784 and later succeeded as second Marquess Townshend. Her husband survived her by over 30 years and died in 1807.

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Anne Townshend, Marchioness Townshend (c. 1752 – 29 March 1819), formerly Anne Montgomery, was a British courtier. She was the second wife of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, previously Viscount Townshend.

She was the daughter of Sir William Montgomery, 1st Baronet (1717–1788), and his first wife, Hannah. Her only brother William died in 1777, while on active service during the American War of Independence, and her half-brother George inherited the baronetcy. The family seat was at Macbie Hill, Peebles, Scotland.

Anne Montgomery married the viscount on 19 May 1773. He already had three children by his first wife, who died in 1770. With Anne, he had a further six children:

• Lord William Townshend (1778–1794)
• Captain Lord James Nugent Boyle Bernardo Townshend (11 September 1785 – 28 June 1842)
• Lady Anne Townshend (died 29 November 1826)
• Lady Charlotte Townshend (16 March 1776 – 30 July 1856), who married George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds
• Lady Honoria Townshend (1777–1826)
• Lady Henrietta Townshend (died 9 November 1848)

In 1787, Anne's husband was created 1st Marquess Townshend. The Marchioness was officially Mistress of the Robes to Caroline, Princess of Wales, from 1795 to 1808. In 1801 she commissioned the dual Portrait of Caroline, Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte from the artist Thomas Lawrence.

Her portrait (1780), by Sir Joshua Reynolds, is held by the National Portrait Gallery. She is also one of the sitters in Reynolds' A Sacrifice to Hymen (1773), along with her sisters Elizabeth Gardiner, Viscountess Mountjoy and Barbara.

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