The title of Marquess Townshend was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1787 for George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend.
The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Townshend of Raynham (1682) and Baron Townshend (1661) in the Peerage of England, and is also an English baronet.
Marquesses Townshend (1787)
- George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend (1724-1807)
- George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend (1753-1811)
- George Ferrars Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend (1778-1855)
- John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend (1798-1863)
- John Villiers Stuart Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend (1831-1899)
- John James Dudley Stuart Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend (1866-1921)
- George John Patrick Dominic Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend (b. 1916)
