Towneley
family name
Towneley is a surname, and may refer to:
People
The Towneley family of England
Charles Townley (1 October 1737 – 3 January 1805[1]), British antiquary
Caroline Theresa Towneley (1838–1873), British heiress
Charles Towneley (MP) (1803–1870), Irish Independent Irish Party and Whig politician
Francis Towneley (1709–1746), English Catholic and Jacobite
Henry Towneley Green (1836–1899), English watercolourist and illustrator
John Towneley (politician) (1806–1878), English Whig politician
John Towneley (translator) (1697–1782), English supporter of the Jacobite Rising of 1745
Montagu Towneley-Bertie, 13th Earl of Lindsey (2 November 1887 – 11 September 1963), English peer
Richard de Towneley (MP) (c. 1313 – 16 April 1381), English landowner and politician
Richard Towneley (1629–1707), English mathematician, natural philosopher and astronomer
Simon Towneley (1921–2022), British author
Barons O'Hagan
Baron O'Hagan (the title)
Thomas O'Hagan, Baron O'Hagan (1812–1885)
who married in 1871 Alice Towneley, daughter and co-heiress of Colonel Charles Towneley, from whom his heirs take the name
Thomas Towneley O'Hagan, 2nd Baron O'Hagan (5 December 1878 – 13 December 1900)
Maurice Towneley-O'Hagan, 3rd Baron O'Hagan (20 February 1882 – 18 December 1961)
Charles Towneley Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan (b.
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