SUCCESSOR APPOINTED
Advice has been received by the Church Army authorities in New Zealand thai the Rev. Hubert H. Treachor. Rector of Hanley, Stoke-oh-Trent. has been appointed to succeed Prebendary Carlile as general secretary of the' Church Army. . HON. GEORGE TOWNSHEND (P.A.) AUCKLAND, This Day. After a residence in Auckland of 73 years the death occurred on Saturday at Orakei of the Hon. George Ferrers Townshend, aged 88. He was born in Guernsey, the son of the. Rev. Lord George Osborne Townshend and nephew of the fourth marquis. With his widowed mother, Lady Victoria Townshend, and two brothers he arrived in New Zealand in 1877 and joined the Lands and Survey Department, in which he continued until his retirement a few years ago. He was heir presumptive to the 24-year-old marquis, who is serving with the Royal Artillery, and who has a young daughter. The new heir to the title, which was created in 1724, is Mr. Ferrers Osborne Townshend. of Northcote, eldest son of the late Mr. Townshend Other sons are Mr. Stuart Townshend. of Devonport, Mi*. Geoffrey Townshend of Sydney, and Mr. Vere Townshend of Auckland. There are four daughters. The Hon. Ernest Townshend of Picton, and the Hon. Henry Townshend of Ponsonby. are brothers. The late Mr. Townshend .was uncle of the late General Sir Charles Townshend, the defender of Kut. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 77, 28 September 1942, Page 3
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