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[[Image:Towneley Hall 01.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Towneley Hall in [[Towneley Park]], [[Burnley]]]]

'''The Towneley''' or Townley family are an English family whose ancestry can be traced back to [[Anglo-Saxon]] England.  [[Towneley Hall]] in [[Burnley]], Lancashire, was the [[family seat]] until its sale, together with the surrounding park, to the corporation of Burnley in 1901. Towneley Hall is now a Grade I listed building and a large museum and art gallery within Towneley Park.

Early members of the branch of the family at Towneley Hall served as soldiers, some holding positions such as [[High Sheriff of Lancashire]]. However, they generally retained [[Catholic Church in England and Wales|the Catholic faith]], meaning that from the mid-16th century they were fined and imprisoned for [[recusancy]] and banned from public office until the [[Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829|Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1829]].

Other branches of the family were based at [[Hurstwood]] near Towneley, Royle on the opposite side of [[Burnley]], and later [[Littleton, Spelthorne|Littleton]] in Surrey, [[Dutton, Lancashire|Dutton]] close to [[Ribchester]], Barnside near [[Colne]], and Carr Hall and Stonedge near [[Barrowford]].

==The Towneleys of Towneley Hall==
Sometime between 1195 and 1211, [[Roger de Lacy (1170–1211)|Roger de Lacy]] made a grant of lands at 'Tunleia', '[[Pendleton, Lancashire|Coldcotes]]' and 'Snodesworth' (Snodworth is south of [[Langho]]) to Geoffrey, son of Robert the Dean of [[Church of St Mary and All Saints, Whalley|Whalley]]. By 1295 Nicholas de Towneley, thought to be a descendant of Geoffrey, had died and Towneley was shared between his three sisters Agnes, Cecily and Isabel. Cecily was married to John de la Legh, the son of Gilbert, the manager of the local de Lacy cattle farms.((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|pp=4,5|ps=none)) The de la Legh family were the largest tenant in [[Cliviger]] at the time that it was a possession of [[Kirkstall Abbey]], renting about 40% of the township. And Gilbert had purchased the manor of [[Hapton, Lancashire|Hapton]] in 1303–04, only to have this blocked by [[Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln|Henry de Lacy]], and he was forced to wait until 1328 to acquire it.((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|pp=4,5|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|pp=507-08|ps=none)) The same year he also purchased Isabel's third of Towneley from her family, the Claytons.((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=457, footnote #50|ps=none)) John and Cecily had two sons, Gilbert and Richard. While Gilbert would take control at Hapton and also purchase the neighbouring manor of Birtwistle in 1356, Richard would take Towneley.((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=509|ps=none))

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===Richard de Towneley (c.1313–1381)===
((main|Richard de Towneley (MP)))
Richard de Towneley, also known as Richard de la Legh, was born circa 1323. By 1345 he had married Ellen. In 1351, at the time of the plague known as [[Black Death in England|the Black Death]], Richard rented the manor of St Saviour ([[Stydd]]) near [[Ribchester]], probably living there for the rest of his life. The same year, along with his brother Gilbert, the [[Abbot]] of [[Whalley Abbey|Whalley]] and John de Altham, he held the franchise for providing a [[bailiff]] for [[Blackburnshire]]. In 1353 he was one of two [[Receivership|receiver]]s for [[Lancashire]] appointed by [[Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster|the 1st Duke of Lancaster]], also attending the Parliaments of 1361 and 1371 as a knight of [[Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)|Lancashire]]. He was [[Escheator]] of the County in 1371 and served as the [[High Sheriff of Lancashire]] from 1374 to 1377. He died on 16 April 1381, survived by three sons, John, Robert and Henry.((sfn|Pink|Beaven|1889|pp=33,36))((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=6|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=458|ps=none))

===John Towneley (1350–1399)===
Married Isabella de Rishton, probably in 1382. John's uncle Gilbert died without heir, so in addition to two-thirds of Towneley, plus land in Cliviger, in [[Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood|Worsthone]], and in [[Briercliffe]], he inherited Hapton and Birtwistle. By 1388 he had acquired the remaining third of Towneley from the descendants of Agnes.((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=6|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=458|ps=none))

===Richard Towneley (1387–1455)===
Married Alice. [[Man-at-arms]] at the [[battle of Agincourt]].((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=7|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=458|ps=none))

===John Towneley (1415–c. 1473)===
Married three times, however only had children with his second wife Isabela Sherburne.((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=7-8|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=458|ps=none))

===Sir Richard Towneley (1445–1482)===
Son of John and Isabel. Married Joanna Southworth in 1472. Knighted at [[Hutton, Scottish Borders|Hutton Field]] in 1482, during Richard Duke of Gloucester's (later [[King Richard III]]) [[Scotland|Scottish]] Campaign that captured [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]].((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=8|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=458|ps=none)) Died in 1482 of wounds suffered during the capture of [[Berwick Castle]].((sfn|Hapton Heritage|2013|p=8|ps=none))

===Sir John Towneley (1473–1540)===
Son of Sir Richard and Joanna. Married to Isabel Pilkington in 1480, his father died when John was only nine and he reached adulthood under the guardianship of her father Sir Charles Pilkington. His wife Isabel inherited [[Gateford]] in Nottinghamshire in 1485. He was knighted on 30 September 1497 by [[Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk|the Earl of Surrey]],<ref>[http://www.lancastercastle.com/html/people/tour.php?id=49 lancastercastle.com] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713182828/http://www.lancastercastle.com/html/people/tour.php?id=49 |date=13 July 2011 )) Accessed 2010</ref> probably at [[Ayton, Scottish Borders|Ayton]] when the peace treaty was signed with Scotland after the [[Perkin Warbeck]] skirmishes. He established [[Hapton, Lancashire|Hapton]] Park, in 1514 and enlarged it to cover 1100 Lancashire acres (equivalent to ((convert|2000|acre|ha))), which amounted to about half of Hapton township, making it the second largest in Lancashire after [[Knowsley Hall|Knowsley]]. Was [[High Sheriff of Lancashire]] in 1532.((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=8|ps=none))((sfn|Hapton Heritage|2013|pp=4,17|ps=none))

===Richard Towneley (1499–1555)===
Son of Sir John and Isabel, married Grace (also known as Elizabeth) Foljambe in 1511. His son with Grace, also called Richard married Francis Wimbishe around 1536. Francis was the sister of Thomas Wymbishe and inherited his [[Nocton Hall|Nocton estate]] in [[Lincolnshire]] on his death in 1553. Knighted in 1547, possibly at the [[Battle of Pinkie Cleugh]]. Only one daughter, Mary, survived to adulthood.((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|pp=9-10|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=459|ps=none))

===John Towneley (c. 1528–1607)===
[[File:John and Mary Towneley 1601.jpg|thumb|Unknown artist: John and Mary Towneley and family, Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum]]
Son of Sir John's second son Charles and Elizabeth Kaye. Half-brother through his mother to [[Alexander Nowell]], and [[Lawrence Nowell]] (amongst others). Often known as John Towneley of [[Gray's Inn]] because he was a Lawyer. Acquired Towneley by his marriage in 1557 to then 16-year-old Mary, his first cousin once removed, he being a grandchild and she a great-grandchild of Sir John. Fined and imprisoned several times between 1573 and 1594 for [[recusancy]] and giving shelter to Catholic priests during the reign of [[Elizabeth I]].((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|pp=11-12|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=459|ps=none))

===Richard Towneley (1566–1628)===
Born at Towneley Hall, [[Burnley]]. Son of John and Mary. Married Jane Ashton in 1594. Built a large extension on the north side of the hall that was finished about 1626.((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|pp=11-12|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=459|ps=none))<!-- I believe he was first married to Mary Stanfield b.1568 in the year 1580 and they had a son Richard b.1594 who married Ellen Foxe in 1613 (I suspect Mary Stanfield died in childbirth). a reference for the Richard Townley/Mary Stanfield marriage is (Register: Marriages 1562–1653, Page 110,   Source: LDS Film 1517689) and http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/-->

===Richard Towneley (1598–1635)===
Son of Richard and Jane. Died unmarried.((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=12|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=459|ps=none))

===Charles Towneley (1600–1644)===
Born at Towneley Hall. Son of Richard and Jane. Catholic. Attended [[St. Omer's College]] and [[Old University of Leuven|Louvain]] in Belgium and the [[English College in Rome]] between 1614 and 1624. Married Mary Trappes in 1628. Inherited the estate in 1635 upon the death of his brother Richard. Killed leading a small [[Infantry]] regiment for [[Royalist (cavalier)|the Royalists]] at the [[Battle of Marston Moor]]<ref>[http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/military/oob-marston-moor.htm british-civil-wars.co.uk] Accessed 2010</ref> during the [[English Civil War]].((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=13|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|pp=459-460|ps=none))

===Richard Towneley (1629–1707)===
((Main|Richard Towneley))

Recovered the Lancashire estates from the Parliamentary [[Committee for Compounding with Delinquents|Sequestration Committee]]. The first person to make regular measurements of rainfall in England. Inventor of the [[Deadbeat escapement]].((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=13|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=460|ps=none))

===Charles Towneley (1658–1712)===
Son of Richard and Margaret. Married Ursula Fermor in 1685. Implicated with his father in the plot to secure the return to the English throne of [[King James II of England|King James II]] in 1690 that resulted in the [[Battle of the Boyne]].((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=13|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=460|ps=none))

===Richard Towneley (1689–1735)===
Son of Charles and Ursula. Married Mary Widdrington, the sister of [[William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington]] in 1713. Arrested for treason in 1715, after [[Battle of Preston (1715)|the Battle of Preston]], he was later acquitted after an expensive trial. He died on 18 August 1735. Two of his brothers, [[John Towneley (translator)|John]] and Francis joined the French army before aiding the [[Jacobite rising of 1745]].  John returned to France before [[Battle of Culloden|Culloden]] and was made a Chevalier (Knight) of the [[Order of Saint Louis]]. Another brother, George avoided the conflict, instead marrying Mary Hodgson, the heiress of [[Leighton Hall, Lancashire|Leighton Hall]] near [[Carnforth]].((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|pp=13-14|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=460|ps=none))((sfn|Gillow|1906|p=309|ps=none))
===Francis Towneley (1708-1746)===
The youngest son of Charles and Ursula, Francis was born at Towneley and educated in France.  In 1728 he enlisted in the French Army and fought at Phillipsburg in 1734.  In 1745 he was elected Colonel of the [[Manchester Regiment (Jacobite)|Manchester Regiment]].  He was captured on the surrender of Carlisle [[Siege of Carlisle (December 1745)]] and executed on Kennington Common, London in July 1746. The children's book ''[[How The Hangman Lost His Heart]]'', although a work of fiction, is inspired by his story.

===William Towneley (1714–1742)===
The Son of Richard and Mary, he was born at Towneley on 30 May 1714. He Married Cecilia Standish, granddaughter of [[Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk|the 6th Duke of Norfolk]] in 1736. He died at [[Bath, Somerset]] on 2 February 1742. After his death at the age of 27, his widow left Towneley Hall at the time of Jacobite rising and did not return.((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=14|ps=none))((sfn|Gillow|1906|p=309|ps=none))

===Charles Townley (1737–1805)===
((Main|Charles Townley))
[[File:Bust of Charles Townley (1735-1805 CE), by Christopher Hewetson, Rome, 1769 CE. Collector and Trustee of the British Museum. It is housed in the British Museum, London.JPG|thumb|Bust of Charles Townley (1737–1805 CE), by Christopher Hewetson, Rome, 1769 CE. Collector and Trustee of the British Museum. It is housed in the British Museum, London.]]
Son of William and Cecilia. Collector of the Towneley Marbles (including the [[Townley Venus]], [[Townley Vase]] and [[Townley Discobolus]]). After his death Towneley passed to his brother Edward Standish, however when he died in 1807 it passed back to their uncle John.((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=14|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=460|ps=none))

===John Towneley (1731–1813)===
Son of Richard and Mary. Book collector. Married Barbara Dicconson in 1756. His collection included the [[Towneley Cycle]]. In 1786, his uncle George left him the Leighton estate, which he had greatly improved.<ref>[http://www.leightonhall.co.uk/history.php History of Leighton Hall] Accessed 2010</ref> In 1792 he inherited the Widdrington's [[Stella Park|Stella estates]] through his mother. Trustee of British Museum. Elected as a [[List of Fellows of the Royal Society S,T,U,V|fellow]] of the [[Royal Society of London]] in 1797. Sold the Leighton estate in 1805.((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=14|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=460|ps=none))

===Peregrine Edward Towneley (1762–1846)===
Born on 10 October 1762 at Corney House, [[Chiswick]]. Son of John and Barbara. Married Charlotte Drummond in 1794. Elected as a [[List of Fellows of the Royal Society S,T,U,V|fellow]] of the [[Royal Society of London]] in 1812. In 1814 he sold his father's book collection to fund improvements to the Hall, for which he employed the services of the architect [[Jeffry Wyattville]].<ref>[http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/ebook-towneley-hall.php Towneley Hall ebook] Accessed 2010</ref> Around 1817, he donated land and £1000 to build the town's first catholic chapel since the [[catholic emancipation]].<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Burnley/TowneleyChapel.shtml genuki - Towneley chapel] Accessed 2010</ref> The site was on the Todmorden Road in the [[Burnley Wood]] area of [[Habergham Eaves]] which was later incorporated into the township of [[Burnley]] close to the present day St. Mary's Church. Following the [[Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829]], he became [[High Sheriff of Lancashire]] in 1831. Purchased the [[Lordship of Bowland]] in 1835. His daughter Frances went on to marry [[Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys|Thomas Stonor]] (later made the 3rd Baron Camoys), one their children was the Catholic archbishop [[Edmund Stonor]].((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=14|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=460|ps=none))

===Colonel Charles Towneley (1803–1876)===
((Main|Charles Towneley (MP)))
Son of Peregrine and Charlotte. He married Lady Caroline Molyneux, the daughter of [[William Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton]] in 1836 and had three daughters: Alice, the second wife of [[Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan]], Emily, who married [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]], and Caroline, who married [[Montagu Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon]]. Elected as a [[List of Fellows of the Royal Society S,T,U,V|fellow]] of the [[Royal Society of London]] in 1842. Held the [[Lordship of Bowland]] from 1846 to 1876. Elected as an MP for [[Sligo Borough (UK Parliament constituency)|Sligo Borough]] (now in the [[Republic of Ireland]]) in 1848 and 1852, however, unseated on petition both times. [[High Sheriff of Lancashire]] in 1857. His horse [[Kettledrum (horse)|Kettledrum]] won the 1861 [[Epsom Derby]], He (and possibly others) used the winnings to build St Hubert's catholic church in [[Dunsop Bridge]].<ref>[http://www.sthubertsdunsopbridge.co.uk/church.htm St. Hubert's Website] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004045004/http://www.sthubertsdunsopbridge.co.uk/church.htm |date=4 October 2011 )) Accessed 2010</ref> Towneley was commissioned on 16 March 1853 to raise the [[5th Royal Lancashire Militia]] with the rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] Commandant, with his brother John as one of the [[Major (United Kingdom)|majors]].<ref name = Hart>''Hart's'', various dates.</ref> He retired from the command on 23 March 1863 (when his brother was promoted to succeed him) and was appointed [[Colonel_(United_Kingdom)#Honorary_Colonel|Honorary Colonel]] of the regiment.<ref name = Hart/><ref name = List>''Army List'', various dates.</ref><ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/22723/pages/1874/page.pdf London Gazette] Accessed 2010</ref> [[Justice of the peace|JP]]. [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]]. [[Society of Antiquaries of London|FSA]].((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=15|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=460|ps=none))

===John Towneley (1806–1878)===
((main|John Towneley (politician)))
Son of Peregrine and Charlotte, brother of Charles, married Lucy Tichborne, the daughter of [[Tichborne Case|Henry Joseph Tichborne]], (the [[Tichborne Baronets|8th Baronet]]) and Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Burke, Marble Hill, Galway Ireland in 1840. Was MP for [[Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)|Beverly]] from 1841 to 1852.((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=15|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=460|ps=none)) He followed his brother as Lt-Col (1863) and then Hon Col (1876) of the 5th Royal Lancashire Militia.<ref name = Hart/><ref name = List/> Held the [[Lordship of Bowland]] from 1876 to 1878. Inherited the estate two years before he died, and his only son, Richard, died the year before. John had four daughters, Therese who married John Delacour, Evelyn, Mary, and Mabel. It was necessary to divide the estate between Charles' and John's daughters. Charles' eldest daughter Caroline was already dead and her share went to her husband [[Montagu Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon]]. His middle daughter Emily, the wife of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] inherited the properties in [[Worsthorne]] and [[Cliviger]]. The portion that included Towneley Hall and its park went to his youngest, Alice, the wife of [[Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan|Baron O'Hagan]].((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=15|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=460|ps=none))

===Lady Alice O'Hagan (1846–1921)===
Alice found it difficult to maintain Towneley Hall. In 1901, she sold the Hall and 62 acres of parkland to the Burnley Corporation.((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|p=461|ps=none))

Alice married ''' [[Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan]]''' [[Order of St Patrick|KP]] (29 May 1812 – 1 February 1885). Born in [[Belfast]], the son of a trader. He was called to the [[Ireland|Irish]] [[Bar association|Bar]] in 1836. Between 1838 and 1841 he was the editor of the Newry Examiner. In 1840 he moved to [[Dublin]], becoming an Irish [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1849.

His appointment as [[Solicitor-General for Ireland]] in 1860 and [[Attorney-General]] in the following year, lost him the support of the [[Nationalist Party (Ireland)|Nationalist]] party, but he was returned to [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] as [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Tralee (UK Parliament constituency)|Tralee]] in 1863. In 1865 he was appointed a judge of common pleas, and in 1868 became [[Lord Chancellor of Ireland]], the first [[Roman Catholic]] to hold the chancellorship since the reign of [[James II of England|James II]].

In 1870 he was created  '''[[Baron O'Hagan]]''', of Tullahogue in the [[Counties of Ireland|County]] of [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]], and held office until the resignation of the ministry in 1874. In 1880 he again became Lord Chancellor on Gladstone's return to office, but resigned in 1881, when he became [[Vice Chancellor]] of the [[National University of Ireland|Royal University of Ireland]].

'''[[Thomas Towneley O'Hagan, 2nd Baron O'Hagan]]''' (5 December 1878 – 13 December 1900). From 1899, he served in [[South Africa]] during the Boer War as a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion of [[Grenadier Guards]], but died abruptly of an unknown illness (thought to have been [[malaria]]) just over a week after his 22nd birthday.

'''[[Maurice Towneley-O'Hagan, 3rd Baron O'Hagan]]''' (20 February 1882 – 18 December 1961). The second son of [[Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan]]. He succeeded in the barony on the death of his elder brother in 1900, when he was still eighteen.

He served as a government whip in the [[House of Lords]], from 1907 to 1910 in the [[Liberal Government 1905–1915|Liberal Government]]. In 1909, he assumed by Royal licence his maternal grandfather's surname of Towneley in addition to that of O'Hagan.

During World War I he was a [[Major (rank)|Major]] in the Essex Royal Horse Artillery, for which he raised a regiment in 1914. He was invalided out of the army in 1918.

He switched to supporting the Conservatives in the mid-1920s. Between 1950 and 1961, O'Hagan was a [[Deputy Speaker]] and [[Deputy Chairman]] of the [[House of Lords]].

Lord O'Hagan married firstly the Hon. Frances Constance Maddalena, daughter of [[Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie]], in 1911. She died in 1931. He married secondly Evelyn Violet, daughter of Harry Thornton Ross, in 1937. O'Hagan died in December 1961, his son the Hon. Thomas Anthony Edward Towneley Strachey having predeceased him in 1955, he was succeeded in the barony by his grandson Charles.

'''[[Charles Towneley Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan]]''' (born 6 September 1945). He served as a Page to [[Elizabeth II]] between 1957 and 1961 when he inherited the family title. He first took his seat in the [[House of Lords]] on 5 December 1967. A relative of the [[Strachey Baronets]], he is the great-great-grandson of [[Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie]].

He was an Independent [[Member of European Parliament|MEP]] for [[Devon (European Parliament constituency)|Devon]] from 1972–1975. In the first direct elections to the [[European Parliament]] in [[1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|1979]], he was returned for Devon as a Conservative, and remained an MEP until his retirement when his constituency was abolished in 1994. During his time as an MEP he also served as a whip and a frontbench spokesman for the Conservative government in the House of Lords.

In 2008, after years of ill health, he offered to sell some of his subsidiary titles to pay for medical bills.<ref>"[https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2233066.lord-four-east-lancashire-titles-sale|My lord! Four East Lancashire titles up for sale]" by David Watkinson. ''[[Lancashire Telegraph]]''. 29 April 2008. Accessed 27 April 2020.</ref>  In 2009, it was reported that Lord O'Hagan had claimed the [[Lordship of Bowland]]. Previously thought lost or in the possession of the Crown having disappeared from the historical record in the late nineteenth century, it transpired that the title had been retained by an extinct family trust.

Lord O'Hagan has been married three times – firstly to Princess Tamara Imeretinsky (1967–84), secondly to Mary Roose-Francis (1985–95), and thirdly to Elizabeth Smith (1995–present). He has two daughters—one from each of his first two marriages (Nina, born 1968; and Antonia, born 1986)—and his heir apparent is his younger brother the Hon. Richard Towneley Strachey.

===Sir Simon Peter Edmund Cosmo William Towneley (1921–2022)===
[[Image:Lady Mary Towneley's monument - geograph.org.uk - 813777.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Monument to Lady Mary Towneley on the route of [[Mary Towneley Loop]] in [[Cliviger]]]]
((Main|Simon Towneley))

Great-grandson of Caroline Towneley through his mother's ([[Priscilla Reyntiens]]) mother (Lady Alice Josephine Bertie), and brother of [[Peregrine Worsthorne]]. Assumed the surname and arms of Towneley by Royal Licence. [[High Sheriff of Lancashire]] in 1971. [[Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire]] from 1976 to 1996. Made a [[Royal Victorian Order|KCVO]] in 1994. His late wife Mary was a keen horse rider and instrumental in the development of the [[Pennine Bridleway]], as a result, the [[Mary Towneley Loop|part of the route]] is named after her. She was made an [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in the [[Queen's Birthday Honours]] in 2000.<ref>[http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/archive/2000/06/17/Lancashire+Archive/6078160.Leading_horsewoman_s_MBE_in_birthday_list This is Lancashire] Accessed 2010</ref> One of their daughters is the author [[K M Grant]].((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=15|ps=none))

==Other branches of the family==

===Townley of Dutton===

[[Dutton, Lancashire|Dutton]] Hall (((Coord|53.8263|N|2.5149|W|name=Dutton))) is close to [[Ribchester]] in [[Lancashire]].<ref>The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster Vol 7 p. 54-61 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53187 Extract at British History Online] Accessed 2010</ref>((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=31|ps=none))

Possibly descended from Robert Towneley, the 2nd son of [[#Richard de Towneley (born?-1381)|Richard de Towneley]] and Ellen. However, the evidence also suggests a later source for this branch of the family.

'''Richard Townley''' (died around 1670) is believed to have built Dutton Hall.

'''Richard Townley''' (1689–1762) married Jane Greaves. [[Steward (office)|Steward]] to Alexander Butterworth of [[Belfield, Greater Manchester|Belfield]] Hall in Rochdale (formerly in Lancashire now in [[Greater Manchester]]). Inherited the Belfield Estate in 1728. Also Inherited the Greaves family's [[Fulbourn]] Estate in [[Cambridgeshire]] and [[Beaupré Hall]] in [[Norfolk]]. [[High Sheriff of Lancashire]] in 1751.

Colonel '''Richard Townley''' (1726–1801), eldest son of Richard and Jane. Married Anne Western in 1750. Patron and friend of the author [[John Collier (caricaturist)|John Collier AKA Tim Bobbin]].

'''Richard Greaves Townley''' (1751–1823), eldest son of Richard and Anne. Married Margaret Gale in 1785. His daughter Margaret married Charles Mitford, their son was the politician [[William Townley Mitford]].

'''[[Richard Greaves Townley]]''' (1786–1855), eldest son of Richard and Margaret. Married Cecil Watson in 1821. Was MP for [[Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Cambridgeshire]] from 1831 to 1841 and from 1847 to 1852. He sold the Belfield Estate in 1851. One of his sons was the Jockey and Cricketer, Captain '''Thomas Manners Townley''' (1825–1895), who came second in the 1860 [[Grand National]].<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/22088.html CricInfo page] Accessed 2010</ref><ref>Gentlemen riders: past and present – Richardson, Maunsell, Mason, Finch. p76-83 [https://archive.org/stream/gentlemenridersp00rich#page/76/mode/2up Full Text at archive.org] Accessed 2010</ref>

'''Charles Watson Townley''' (1824–1893), second son of Richard and Cecil. Married Georgiana Dallison in 1874. Was [[Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire]] 1874 from 1893. One of his sons was [[Walter Beaupré Townley|Sir Walter Townley]] (1863–1945) who married Lady Susan Keppel in 1896, the daughter of [[William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle]]. He entered a career in the diplomatic service. He held Ambassadorial positions to [[List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Romania|Romania 1911–12]], [[List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Iran|Iran 1912–1916]] and [[List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Netherlands|the Netherlands 1917–1919]].<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/countyfamiliesof591919walf#page/1334/mode/2up ''The county families of the United Kingdom'' at archive.org] Accessed 2010</ref> Another son was the agriculturist and politician [[Max Townley]].

Rev. '''Charles Francis Townley''' (1856–1930), eldest son of Carles and Georgiana. Married Alice Rosalinde Murray Pratt in 1885.

'''Charles Evelyn Townley''' (1887–1983), eldest son of Charles and Alice. Married Marjorie Templer.

'''Richard Templer Townley''' (1921–present), eldest son of Charles and Marjorie.

===Towneley of Barnside===
Barnside (((Coord|53.8701|N|2.1042|W|name=Barnside))) is east of [[Colne]] in [[Lancashire]].((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|pp=536-541|ps=none)) This branch of the family also owned Carr Hall (((Coord|53.8406|N|2.2312|W|name=Carr))) (demolished in the 1950s) on the southwestern edge of [[Barrowford]].

Believed to be descended from Lawrence Towneley (1447-1530), the 2nd son of [[#John Towneley (1415–c. 1473)|John Towneley]] and Isabel Sherburne. Brother of [[#Sir Richard Towneley (1445–1482)|Sir Richard]].

'''Henry Towneley''' (c. 1541–?) married Anne Catterall (c. 1539–?), daughter of Thomas Catherall in 1559.<ref>[http://www.giesing.org/Townley.html Townley page at giesing.com] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212003850/http://www.giesing.org/Townley.html |date=12 December 2010 )) Accessed 2010</ref> It has been suggested that this is the Anne Towneley whose death is mentioned in the [[Pendle witches|Pendle witch trials]].<ref>[http://www.magick7.com/FreeBooks/0035/DiscoveryWitches.html#H2a2 Pott's Discovery of Witches at magick7.com] Accessed 2010</ref>

'''Lawrence Towneley''' donated a [[Baptismal font|font]] to the [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[St Bartholomew's Church, Colne|St Bartholomew's Church in Colne]] in 1590.((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|pp=32-33|ps=none))((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|pp=522-536|ps=none))

===Townley of Royle and Littleton===
Royle (((Coord|53.8062|N|2.2606|W|name=Royle))) is on the northern edge of [[Burnley]] on the [[River Calder, Lancashire]].((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|pp=489-492|ps=none))

[[Littleton, Spelthorne|Littleton]] refers to Astlam (Astleham) Manor<ref>The Victoria history of the county of Middlesex Vol 2 p. 401-406 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22216 Extract at British History Online] Accessed 2010</ref> (formerly in [[Middlesex]], today in [[Surrey]]), now submerged beneath the Queen Mary Reservoir next to the site of [[Shepperton Studios]].<ref>[http://www.dhtrust.org/history/townley.htm Diseworth Heritage Trust] Accessed 2010</ref>

Believed to be descended from Nicholas Towneley (born after 1446), the 3rd son of [[#John Towneley (1415-c1473)|John Towneley]] and Isabel Sherburne. Brother of [[#Sir Richard Towneley (1445–1482)|Sir Richard]].

'''Richard Towneley''' (1482–1541), married Margaret Clarke.

'''Nicholas Towneley''' (1505–1546), eldest son of Richard and Margaret. Entered Gray's Inn in 1522.<ref>''The Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn 1521–1889'' [https://archive.org/stream/registerofadmiss00gray Full text at archive.org] Accessed 2010</ref> Married Anne Vaughan.

'''Edmund Townley''' (c. 1532–1598), eldest son of Nicholas and Margaret. Married Katherine Curzon.

'''Nicholas Towneley''' (c. 1574–1645), eldest son of Edmund and Katherine. Married Isabell Woodroffe. Was [[High Sheriff of Lancashire]] in 1631.

'''Francis Townley''' (c. 1576–1636<ref>Parish Register of St Mary Magdalene, Littleton, Surrey shows burial on 10 August 1636 (Source: Ancestry.co.uk)</ref>), son of Edmund and Katherine. Married Catherine Foster. Inherited land in Littleton through his mother around 1600.

'''Nicholas Townley''' (1612–1687), eldest son of Francis and Catherine. Entered Gray's Inn in 1623. Married Joanne White. He was known as Nicholas Townley of Littleton. Unsuccessfully attempted to regain the Royle estate in the [[Court of Chancery]] in 1646. Sold Astlam around 1660 and moved into London. One of his sons [[Richard Townley|Richard]] went to [[British America|America]] in 1683. He married his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Carteret (née. Smith), widow of the 1st governor of [[New Jersey]] [[Philip Carteret (Governor)|Sir Philip Carteret]] in 1685. Their descendants include [[Jonathan Townley Crane]], [[Stephen Crane]] and [[A. C. Townley]].

'''Nicholas Townley''' (1642–1685), married Jane Gildredge. He was known as Nicholas Townley of East Bourne.

'''[[Charles Townley (officer of arms)|Charles Townley]]''' and '''[[James Townley]]''' are believed to be the great-grandsons of Nicholas and Joanne, through their father's father (both also called Charles).((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|pp=33-35|ps=none))

===Townley of Hurstwood===
[[Image:Hurstwood Hall - geograph.org.uk - 924882.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hurstwood Hall, near [[Burnley]]]]
[[Hurstwood]] (((Coord|53.7782|N|2.1818|W|name=Hurstwood))) is 2 miles from [[Towneley Hall]].((sfn|Farrer|Brownbill|1911|pp=473-478|ps=none))

This branch was started by '''Bernard Towneley''' (c1532-1602), [[Legitimacy (family law)|illegitimate]] son of John Towneley, the brother of [[#Sir John Towneley (1473–1540)|Sir John]]. He married Agnes Ormeroyd. He built Hurstwood Hall in 1579.

'''John Towneley''' (c. 1560–?) married Eleanor Haydock in 1583.

'''John Townley''' (1584–?) married Eleanor Grymshaw.

'''John Towneley''' (1631–1664) married Katherine Rishton.

'''John Towneley''' (c. 1651–1704)((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=36|ps=none))

===Towneley of Stone Edge===
Stone Edge (((Coord|53.8664|N|2.2100|W|name=Stone Edge))) is near [[Barrowford]].

The Stone Edge (or Stonehedge) branch of the family was established by a Lawrence Towneley (1543–1598), the great-grandson of the Lawrence Townley (1447–1530) who established the Barnside branch (above).((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=16|ps=none)) The Barnside branch is junior only to the main branch, and the Stone Edge branch is junior only to those two branches.((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|p=33|ps=none))

Descendants include: [[Elizabeth II]],<ref>((cite web |title=George Washington Famous Kin Queen Elizabeth II |url=https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-chart.php?name=3647+george+washington&kin=7516+queen+elizabeth+ii&via=3659+augustine+warner+jr |website=famouskin.com |publisher=Rich Hall |accessdate=16 November 2019))</ref> [[George Washington]]<ref>[http://www.hartleyfamily.org.uk/Fame6.htm hartleyfamily.org.uk] Accessed 2010; now, just ads, so see Robert E. Lee, below.</ref> and [[Robert E. Lee]].((sfn|Tracing the Towneleys|2004|pp=37-38|ps=none))

==References==
((reflist))

==Sources==
* ((citation |title=The Parliamentary Representation of Lancashire, (County and Borough), 1258–1885, with Biographical and Genealogical Notices of the Members, Etc. |last1=Pink |first1=William Duncombe |last2=Beaven |first2=Alfred Beaven |date=1889 |url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030494987/cu31924030494987_djvu.txt ))
* ((citation |last=Whitaker |first=Thomas Dunham |title=An history of the original Parish of Whalley, and honor of Clitheroe... 4th ed. |date=1876 |publisher=George Routledge |volume=2 |url=https://archive.org/stream/historyoforigina02whit |oclc=697798990 |pages=540–8 |accessdate=25 January 2018))
* ((citation |editor-last1=Farrer |editor-first1=William |editor-last2=Brownbill |editor-first2=John |title=The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 6 |series=Victoria County History |publisher= – Constable & Co |year=1911 |url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924088434620 |oclc=832215477 |accessdate=25 January 2018))
* [[Henry George Hart|H.G. Hart]], ''The New Annual Army List, and Militia List'' (various dates from 1840)
* ((citation |title=Tracing the Towneleys |url=http://www.towneleyhallsociety.co.uk/Towneley.pdf |year=2004 |publisher=Towneley Hall Society |accessdate=3 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804012621/http://www.towneleyhallsociety.co.uk/Towneley.pdf| archive-date=4 August 2017 |ref=((harvid|Tracing the Towneleys|2004))))
* ((citation |title=Hapton Heritage - A Landscape History and Village Survey |url=http://www.haptonheritage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/HaptonHistArchSurvey2.pdf |publisher=Bluestone Archaeology |year=2013 |ref=((harvid|Hapton Heritage|2013))))
* ((citation |editor-last=Gillow |editor-first=Joseph |title=Catholic Registers of Towneley Hall, Lancashire (baptisms and marriages) |work=Miscellanea |volume=2 |url=https://archive.org/details/miscellanea02cath/page/306 |date=1906 |publisher=Catholic Record Society (Great Britain) |accessdate=22 April 2019))
* ((cite book|last1=Burke |first1=John |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry; Or, Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Etc |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KxdVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA265 |date=1837 |volume=2 |publisher=Henry Colburn |pages=262–266 |accessdate=3 May 2019))

==External links==
* [https://archive.org/details/heraldichistory02burk ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank vol 2'' at Internet Archive]

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