Use "townshend" in a sentence
1. In October 1716, Townshend's colleague, James Stanhope afterwards 1st Earl Stanhope, accompanied the king on his visit to Hanover, and while there he was seduced from his allegiance to his fellow ministers by Sunderland, George being led to believe that Townshend and his brother-in-law, Sir Robert Walpole, were caballing with the Prince of Wales, their intention being that the prince should supplant his father on the throne.
En octobre 1716, le collègue de Townshend, James Stanhope, futur premier comte de Stanhope, qui accompagne le roi lors d'un voyage dans le Hanovre, est détourné de son allégeance au ministère par Sunderland, qui convainc George Ier que Townshend et Sir Robert Walpole complotent avec son fils le prince de Galles, dans le but de le remplacer par ce dernier sur le trône.