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Charles Towneley

1803–76

Landowner, of Towneley, Lancashire, and breeder of shorthorn cattle. Lieutenant-colonel commandant, fifth Royal Lancashire Militia. FRS 1842.

Sources

Burke’s landed gentry

Sinclair 1907.

Bibliography

Burke’s landed gentry: A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank but unvisited with heritable honours. Burke’s genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry. By John Burke et al. 1st–18th edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1833–1969.

Sinclair, James. 1907. History of shorthorn cattle. London: Vinton & Co.

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