John Townson of Grays Inn

John Townson of London, London merchant and MP, co-financed the development of the Belleaire estate of James Mackie (q.v.) in exchange for a half-interest in the estate. He had been a Director of the East India Co.

1. Will of John Townson of Grays Inn proved 18/03/1797. He left in trust an annuity of £500 p.a. to Mrs Sarah Belcher (which in two codicils he tried to clarify as in fact £250 p.a.), together with his leasehold house at 18 Charlotte Street Bedford Square, and his residuary estate to John Stuart of Hampstead (q.v.).

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/townson-john-1725-97; McGilvary, George Kirk (1990). 'East India patronage and the political management of Scotland 1720-1774', PhD thesis The Open University pp. 183, 376.

1. PROB 11/1288/72.