TOWNLEY FAMILY TREE

HUSBAND      William  TOWNELEY
Born                  30 May 1714              in     Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Married             Dec 1736                   in     Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Died                  13 Feb 1741                in     Bath;  Somerset;  ENG
Burial                Church Bath;  Weston;  ENG
Father               Richard  Towneley
Mother             Lady  Mary  WIDDRINGTON

WIFE                 Cecilia  STANDISH
Born                   Jul 1714                       in    Standish; Greater Manchester; ENG
Died                   21 Dec 1777               in    ENG
Burial                 Standish;  ENG
Father                Ralph  STANDISH
Mother              Lady  Phillipa  HOWARD

CHILDREN          
1  Male            Charles  TOWNELEY
Born                12 Oct 1737                  in     Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Married                                                  in     
Died                03 Jan 1805                in     Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Burial             
Spouse          

2  Male           Ralph  Standish  TOWNELEY
Born                18 Jun 1739                    in     Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Married           28 Aug 1762                  in     
Died                Mar 1766                        in     Paris;  France
Burial             
Spouse          Henrietta  STRICKLAND

3  Male           Edward  TOWNLEY-STANDISH
Born                25 Jun 1740                   in     Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Married           11 Feb 1771                     in     
Died                29 Mar 1807                 in     Standish;  ENG
Burial              Standish;  ENG
Spouse           Anne  ECCLESTON

4  Female       Cecilia  TOWNLEY
Born                 20 Jul 1741                     in     Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Married                                                    in     
Died                 28 Jun 1814                    in     Sizegh;  Weston;  ENG
Burial             
Spouse          

NOTES     
William continued building at Towneley Hall by doubling the width of the North wing.
His wife Cecilia was a wealthy heiress.  When he father Ralph died in 1755; none of his sons from his two
marriages remained alive; so the estate went to his daughter Cecilia who had married William in 1735.

CHILDREN
Their eldest son Charles inherited the Towneley estates; but he died a bachelor.  The second son, Ralph,
was to have inherited the Standish estates but died before his mother; so the third son, Edward inherited
and assumed the Standish name and as Edward Townley-Standish became Lord of the manor when his
mother died in 1777.  There was a tradition that she founded a fair in Standish, to be held annually on
Saint Cecilia's Day; November 29th

Son Charles went to school on the continent; spent a number of years abroad before buying a house in London. 
He became the most famous member of the family.  There is a painting by Zoffany at Towneley Hall showing
Charles and his friends in his London home; surrounded by a collection of Roman sculptures.  The collection is
now in the British Museum.  Charles was an English archaeologist and collector of marbles.  He was educated at
the college of Douai.  It was about 1765 when he left to study ancient art; chiefly in Rome.  He also made several
trips to the south of Italy and Sicily.  In conjunction with Gavin Hamilton and Thomas Jenkins; he gathered together
a splendid collection of antiquities.  His marbles; bronzes; coins; and gems were purchased by the British Museum
and form part of the Graeco-Roman collection
Edward lived at Royal Hall in 1789,  He took the surname Standish in 1766 and inherited the Standish estate upon
the death of his mother in 1778.  Then he inherited the Towneley estate on the death of his brother Charles in 1805.
Edward died in 1807; and as his brothers had already died; and he had no surviving children, the estate passed to
his sisters son Thomas Strickland.