For the English buccaneer and pirate, see Francis Townley.
See also: Towneley (family)
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Francis Towneley
Towneley Hall in Towneley Park, Burnley
Born
9 June 1709 [1] Burnley
Died
30 July 1746(1746-07-30) (aged 37) Kennington Common, London
Buried
St Pancras Old Church and Burnley, Lancashire
Allegiance
France Jacobites
Years of service
1728–1734, 1745-1746
Rank
Colonel
Unit
Manchester Regiment
Battles/wars
War of the Polish Succession Philippsburg Jacobite Rising of 1745 Carlisle, December 1745
Relations
John Towneley (1696-1782)
Francis Towneley (9 June 1709 – 30 July 1746) was an English Catholic and supporter of the exiled House of Stuart or Jacobite.
After service with the French army from 1728 to 1734, he returned to England and took part in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. He was appointed colonel of the Manchester Regiment, the only significant English formation to take part in the rebellion. Captured at Carlisle in December 1745, he was convicted of treason and executed at Kennington Common, London in July 1746.
FrancisTowneley (9 June 1709 – 30 July 1746) was an English Catholic and supporter of the exiled House of Stuart or Jacobite. After service with the French...
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which were formed into the Manchester Regiment. Their commander was FrancisTowneley, a Lancashire Catholic and former French Royal Army officer, whose...
Montagu Charles FrancisTowneley-Bertie, Lord Norreys, who had assumed by Royal licence his maternal grandfather's surname of Towneley in 1896), succeeded...
wealthy English country gentleman, antiquary and collector, a member of the Towneley family. He travelled on three Grand Tours to Italy, buying antique sculpture...
being treated as a prisoner of war if captured, rather than a rebel. FrancisTowneley, colonel of the Manchester Regiment, also employed this defence but...
London, with a common on which public executions took place. In 1746, FrancisTowneley and eight men who had taken part in the Jacobite rising were hanged...
executed was a forger on 5 August 1799. In 1746, the Jacobite officer FrancisTowneley, along with other members of the Manchester Regiment, who had been...
as Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords from 1765 (d. 1770) FrancisTowneley, English Catholic and supporter of the exiled House of Stuart or Jacobite...
residents built larger houses, including Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham and Towneley Hall. In 1532, St Peter's Church was largely rebuilt. Burnley's grammar...
Collins hanged for sodomy at Kennington Common gallows. 1746 Col. FrancisTowneley and eight men of the Manchester Regiment who had taken part in the...
1722, are completed to a design by Nicholas Hawksmoor. 1746 30 July: FrancisTowneley is convicted of treason before being hanged, drawn and quartered at...
prisoner of war, rather than a rebel, an argument rejected by the court. FrancisTowneley, commander of the Manchester Regiment, was executed on 30 July despite...
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