Generation 42
Peregrine Townley
HUSBAND Peregrine Edward TOWNELEY
Born 10 Oct 1762 in Corney House; Chiswick; ENG
Married 22 Apr 1794 in St James Church; Westminster; ENG
Died 31 Dec 1846 in Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
Burial
Father John TOWNELEY
Mother Barbara DICCONSON
WIFE Charlotte Theresa DRUMMOMD
Born 1768 in ENG
Died 11 Jan 1847 in ENG
Burial
Father Robert DRUMMOND
Mother
CHILDREN
1 Female Charlotte Mary
Born 06 Feb 1798 in ENG
Married in
Died 1817 in ENG
Burial
Spouse
2 Female Frances TOWNELEY
Born 15 Apr 1801 in ENG
Married 25 Jul 1821 in
Died in ENG
Burial
Spouse Thomas STONOR
3 Male Colonel Charles TOWNELEY
Born 08 Jan 1803 in Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
Married in
Died 05 Nov 1876 in Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
Burial
Spouse
4 Male John TOWNLEY
Born 16 Feb 1806 in Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
Married in
Died 21 Feb 1878 in Burnley; Lancashire; ENG
Burial
Spouse
NOTES
Peregrine inherited Towneley estate when his cousin Charles the Collector died. In 1831 Peregrine was made
High Sheriff of Lancashire; ENG - the first Towneley of Towneley to be so honored since Sir John Towneley in
1531. In 1835 he bought the mansion of Slaidburn and the Bowland Forest estate of about 20,000 acres in
Yorkshire. He lived at Towneley Hall and both he and his two sons played an active part in local affairs. He had
the famous architect, Jeffery Wyatt, bring Towneley Hall up to date in 1812. The changes done were; the Regency
rooms on the ground floor of the South wing. Also many of the details on the outside such as the battlements
and turreted porch bearing the Towneley Arms are due to Wyatt. He used money from selling his fathers book
collection to pay for rebuilding Towneley Hall