Edward Hume Steele Townshend (637)

Date of Birth: 1840
Date of Death: 1864
Generation: 6th
Residence: Unknown
Father: Edward Hume Townsend [626]
Mother: Susan Townsend [5D09]
Spouse: Unmarried
Issue: None
See Also: Table VI ; Lineage ; Ancestors' Tree ; Descendents' Tree

Notes for Edward Hume Steele Townshend

Edward was born in India. His father, a member of the Indian Civil Service, was Secretary to the Bombay Government and later Revenue Commissioner to The Presidency.

Alumni Trinity College Dublin from Co Cork and Kerry 1593-1860 in Dr Casey's Collection records that Edward was taught by Mr Ryder in Tipperary before he entered Trinity College, Dublin, on 2 July 1860 aged 20 as a pensioner who paid a fixed sum annually for his studies.

Having just graduated from Trinity College, Edward was killed by a fall of rocks on the Dent de Jaman, Switzerland.

He is buried in the cemetery at Montreux.