POLITICIAN

Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend

1674 - 1738

Photo of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend

Icon of person Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend

Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, (; 18 April 1674 – 21 June 1738) was a British Whig statesman. From 1714 to 1717, and again from 1721 to 1730, he served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department. He directed British foreign policy in close collaboration with his brother-in-law, prime minister Robert Walpole. He was often known as Turnip Townshend because of his strong interest in farming turnips and his role in the British Agricultural Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend is the 17,025th most popular politician (down from 16,286th in 2019), the 5,344th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,762nd in 2019) and the 618th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend by language

Loading...

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend ranks 17,025 out of 19,576. Before him are Aslaug Dahl, Eddy Maillet, Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, Hubert Ingraham, Paulo Muwanga, and Eduard Nalbandyan. After him are Andrii Deshchytsia, Adebayo Adedeji, Mark Hanna, Alexander Zhukov, Herbert H. Lehman, and Bailey Olter.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1674, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend ranks 14. Before him are Marie of Lorraine, Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Isaac Watts, and Catharine Trotter Cockburn.  Among people deceased in 1738, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend ranks 11. Before him are Jean-François Dandrieu, Caspar Bartholin the Younger, George Bähr, Matthias Braun, Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg, and Jean-Joseph Mouret.

Others Born in 1674

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1738

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend ranks 5,346 out of 8,785. Before him are Allan McNish (1969), Vic Elford (1935), Anne Heywood (1931), Ronald Stretton (1930), Kathleen Byron (1921), and Mary Peters (1939). After him are Chris Thomas (1947), Johnny Douglas (1882), Marc Warren (1967), Rik Mayall (1958), David Cox (1783), and Frederick Humphreys (1878).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend ranks 618. Before him are Princess Claire of Belgium (1974), Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1899), Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762), Nicola Sturgeon (1970), Frederick Merriman (1873), and Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421). After him are Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), Titus Oates (1649), Tom Clarke (1858), Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), and Herbert Morrison (1888).

British born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous