John Towne (1711?–1791) was an English churchman and controversialist, archdeacon of Stow from 1765.
Born about 1711, was educated at Clare Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A.
[1] Towne became vicar of Thorpe-Ernald, Leicestershire, on 22 June 1740, and archdeacon of Stowe in 1765.
He was a prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral, and rector of Little Paunton, Lincolnshire.
Towne died on 15 March 1791 at Little Paunton, where he was buried, a mural tablet being erected to his memory in the church.