[1] He was prominent in developing coalmines in the Swansea area of Wales and in supplying settler needs in Nova Scotia.
The son of Jonathan Townsend, he started his business career as a London linen draper, before becoming a merchant in about 1740.
Townsend was a regular supporter, in the House of Commons, of whatever government the King appointed.
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