Captain Lord James Nugent Boyle Bernardo Townshend KCH (11 September 1785 – 28 June 1842), was a British naval commander and Tory politician.
[1] On 21 September 1822, he was appointed major-commandant of the Norfolk Yeomanry Rangers, in place of his brother Lord Charles.
[1] He was also appointed a captain in the Norfolk Rangers of Yeomanry Cavalry on 18 April 1831.
[3][4] In 1818 he was returned to parliament as one of two representative for Helston, a constituency mainly controlled by his brother-in-law, the Duke of Leeds.
He lost his seat in 1832 when the representation was reduced to one member, but was once again elected in 1835.