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Audrey Ethelreda Townshend (Harrison)

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Birthplace: Balls Park, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Death: March 09, 1788 (75-84)
England (Est age 80 years old )
Place of Burial: Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
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Daughter of Edward Harrison Governor of Fort St.George, India and Frances Bray
Ex-wife of Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend
Mother of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend; The Right Honourable Charles Townshend PC; Edward Townshend; Lieutenant Colonel Roger Townshend and Hon. Audrey Townshend

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About Audrey Harrison

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Etheldreda Townshend was an English society hostess.
She was born in 1708 and she was known as "Etheldreda". Her parents were Frances and Edward Harrison of Balls Park in Hertfordshire Her father had been an MP, a governor of a fort in Madras and in 1767 the chair of the East India Company. She was one of four children, but the others died and she became the sole heiress.
Her husband was promoted to the House of Lords in 1724 despite his father still being alive using one of his father's spare titles. He became known as Lord Lynn and she was known as Lady Lynn until 1738. Her husband paid her little attention as he was devoted to his mistress who had been a servant. He was based at his family seat of Raynham. They formally separated in 1740.
She was then described as "a frolicsome dame". She had friendships with powerful men. Thomas Winnington became her lover in 1742 and it was said that she was the one in charge. He died in 1746 as did the next object of her attentions. She became a Jacobite (briefly) as she admired William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock but he had led troops against the king and he was hanged. In 1752 Horace Walpole said that she was chasing Lord Frederick Campbell and after him it was Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland. She and Fox were to remain friends.
She was also painted by Jean-Baptiste van Loo who was a French subject and portrait painter. He also painted portraits of aristocrats living in or visiting Paris, including Louis XV, King of France.

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Audrey Harrison's Timeline

1708
1708
Balls Park, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
1724
February 28, 1724
1725
1725
1727
1727
1731
1731
Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England
1732
1732
London, England (United Kingdom)
1788
March 9, 1788
Age 80
England
March 12, 1788
Age 80
All Saints', Hertford, Hertfordshire, England