In cooperation with Prime Minister North in London, he solidified governmental control over Ireland.

[2] He joined the army as a volunteer in Summer 1743 and first saw action at the Battle of Dettingen in June 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession.

[4] Meanwhile, he argued in parliament that courts martial rather than commanding officers should be responsible for discipline in the Army, pressed for a larger militia and smaller standing army and was personally responsible for ensuring that the Militia Act 1757 reached the statute book.

[6] Once the legislation had passed, Townshend and his family assisted the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford, in putting it into effect in the county.

[6] Nevertheless, he became colonel of the 28th Regiment of Foot in October 1759, was promoted to major general on 6 March 1761 and fought at the Battle of Villinghausen in July 1761.

[1] Most important, he collaborated with Prime Minister Lord North in London in solidified governmental control over Ireland.

[17] A peculiar tragedy befell Townshend in May 1796: his son, Lord Charles, had just been elected MP for Great Yarmouth, and he took a carriage to London with his brother, the Rev.

During the journey, Lord Frederick inexplicably killed his brother with a pistol shot to the head and was ultimately adjudged insane.