Philip Mervyn Maunsell Townshend (6A30)
Date of Birth: | 2 Sep 1901 |
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Date of Death: | drowned 1917 |
Generation: | 8th |
Residence: | Snapper Point, Victoria, Australia |
Father: | Samuel Philip Townshend [6A20] |
Mother: | Richardson, Isabella Blanche |
Spouse: | Unmarried |
Issue: | None |
See Also: | Table VIA ; Lineage ; Ancestors' Tree ; Descendents' Tree |
Notes for Philip Mervyn Maunsell Townshend
Philip was born at Snapper Point, Victoria.
Family tradition maintains that Philip was a cadet midshipman RN who was drowned in the English Channel whilst on duty. The Calendar of Wills and Administration 1858-1922 in the National Archives of Ireland records that probate of the will of "Townsend Philip Mervyn Maunsel late a cadet on board the New Zealand Steamship Company’s steamship the Aparima” was granted 9 Oct 1919 to "Sir John Robert O’Connell".