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Townshend and remained
After his return to England from India in April 1784, Phillip remained in close contact with Townshend, now Lord Sydney, and the Home Office Under Secretary, Evan Nepean.
In March 2011, Roger Daltrey said in an interview with the BBC that Townshend had recently experienced gradual but severe hearing loss and was now trying to save what remained of his hearing.
The British cavalry under Colonel Gerard Leachman succeeded in breaking out, but Townshend and the bulk of the force remained besieged.
However, when Townshend — inaccurately — reported only one month of food remained, a rescue force was hastily raised.
Townshend remained in opposition until the end of Lord North's ministry and spoke frequently in the House of Commons against the American war.
The Act granted the Company the right to directly ship its tea to North America and the right to the duty-free export of tea from Britain, although the tax imposed by the Townshend Acts and collected in the colonies remained in force.
It was then purchased by the Strangways family and has remained in their ownership through fifteen generations up to the present day: an estate of some in Dorset covering Chesil Beach and Abbotsbury is still held by the Ilchester Estate owned by Mrs Charlotte Townshend, the daughter of Viscount Galway, a descendant of the first Countess of Ilchester.

Townshend and primary
Foreign policy was the primary issue of contention, for Walpole and Townshend believed that George I was conducting foreign affairs with the interests of his German territories — rather than those of Great Britain — at heart.
In 1724 the primary political rival of Walpole and Townshend in the Cabinet, Lord Carteret, was dismissed from the post of Southern Secretary and once again appointed to the lesser office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Over the years, DeMartini has cited many legendary guitarists or other musicians as his primary musical influences such as Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Robbin Crosby, Steve Lukather, Uli Roth, Joe Walsh, Jake E. Lee, Joe Perry, Tommy Bolin, Miles Davis, Eddie Van Halen, George Lynch and Randy Rhoads.
Townshend is the primary songwriter for The Who, having written well over 100 songs for the band's 11 studio albums, including concept albums and the rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia, plus popular rock and roll radio staples like Who's Next, and dozens more that appeared as non-album singles, bonus tracks on reissues, and tracks on rarities compilations like Odds & Sods.
His influence has been acknowledged by many musicians including Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin ( who named the song " Hats Off to ( Roy ) Harper " after him ), Pete Townshend of The Who, Kate Bush, Pink Floyd ( who invited him to sing guest lead vocals on their song " Have a Cigar "), and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull ; who stated Harper was his "... primary influence as an acoustic guitarist and songwriter.
As executor of the will of the Reverend Chauncy Hare Townshend ( the author of several volumes of poetry ), she, with the Reverend Thomas Helmore ( another poet ), used a large sum from Townshend's estate, at his request, to build a primary school in Westminster.

Townshend and songwriter
Peter Dennis Blandford " Pete " Townshend ( born 19 May 1945 ) is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career.
A 2006-reissued DVD of the concert retains the altered order, despite having been personally " supervised " by Who guitarist and songwriter Peter Townshend.
All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes is the third official solo album by English rock musician and songwriter Pete Townshend.
Emma's father Pete Townshend was the lead guitarist and principal songwriter of the rock band The Who.
Simon Townshend (; born 10 October 1960 ) is a British guitarist, singer and songwriter.

Townshend and leader
* May 15 – Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, retires from his role in the government of Great Britain, leaving Robert Walpole as sole and undisputed leader of the Cabinet ( i. e., prime minister ).
His tenure is normally dated from 1721 when he obtained the post of First Lord of the Treasury ; others date it from 1730 when, with the retirement of Lord Townshend, he became the sole and undisputed leader of the Cabinet.
He was related to Walpole's leading ally Charles Townshend, strengthening his bond with the leader of the new administration.
Lord Harcourt, who succeeded Townshend as viceroy, saw that Flood must be conciliated at any price rather than risk the opposition of so formidable a leader.
Its most famous resident was Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend ( 1674 – 1738 ), leader in the House of Lords.
The band reunited in 2004 featuring mainstay / band leader Lloyd, original Prefects guitarist Alan Apperley, ex-Nightingales Byrchmore and Duffy, plus former PWEI drummer Robert " Fuzz " Townshend.

Townshend and group
The promo film to Call Me Lightning ( 1968 ) tells a story of how drummer Keith Moon came to join the group: One fine day, the other three band members are having tea inside what looks like an abandoned hangar when suddenly a " bleeding box " arrives, out of which jumps a fast-running, timelapse, utterly out-of-control Moon that Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and John Entwistle subsequently try to get a hold of in a sped-up slapstick chasing sequence to wind him down.
But Pete Townshend obviously was the one, through the music of his group, who made the use of feedback more his style, and so it's related to him.
In 1989, Townshend gave the initial funding to allow the formation of the non-profit hearing advocacy group H. E. A. R.
Members of the group and Pete Townshend in particular have frequently expressed their dislike of this compilation.
Earlier in the year, British tabloid News of the World ran a sensational three-week series on ' drug parties ' hosted by rock group The Moody Blues and attended by leading stars including Donovan, The Who's Pete Townshend and Cream drummer Ginger Baker.
In 1967 the group released the single " Lazy Fat People ", a satirical song written by Pete Townshend of The Who.
Pete Townshend asserted that it was an old photograph of Lilian Baylis that inspired the song Pictures of Lily by the English pop group The Who.
The three then-surviving members of The Who ( Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Townshend ) performed as a group in two songs, " Dig " and " Fire ", although the latter was not penned by Townshend.
Pete Townshend, guitarist of The Who, liked " You Really Got Me " so much that he wrote a similar number, " I Can't Explain ," so that Talmy would produce his group.
After a tour of England where they changed managers hiring Vicki Wickham, in 1971, the group ditched their bouffant wigs and dresses for Afros and jeans releasing transitional records such as Labelle ( which included the Hendryx-penned sexual " Morning Much Better ") and Moon Shadow ( which featured the group's gospel-fueled renditions of the Pete Townshend penned, " Won't Get Fooled Again ", and Cat Stevens ' " Moonshadow ").
In late 1970 the group Thunderclap Newman released their only album, Hollywood Dream on Track ( Atlantic in the U. S .) The album was another Pete Townshend production and contained the UK # 1 hit " Something in the Air ".
The Daughters of Liberty were a successful Colonial American group, established somewhere from 1769-1770, that consisted of women who displayed their loyalty by participating in boycotts of British goods following the passage of the Townshend Acts.
She explains that, at one point, Pete Townshend almost quit The Who to join the group, which is incorrect.
Townshend did at one point consider forming a band with the members of the group Paddy, Klaus and Gibson, when Roger Daltrey was fired from The Who for a short time ; and John Entwistle was contemplating joining The Moody Blues to replace Clint Warwick.

Townshend and writing
In a BBC Radio 4 interview, first broadcast on 27 October 2009, Townshend informed the audience that from the time he was involved in writing the music for the Who's first album, he has been influenced by the works of the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell.
Although known for his musical compositions and musicianship, Pete Townshend has been extensively involved in the literary world for more than three decades, writing newspaper and magazine articles, book reviews, essays, books, and scripts.
An early example of Townshend's writing came in August 1970 with the first of nine instalments of " The Pete Townshend Page ", a monthly column written by Townshend for the British music paper Melody Maker.
The Story of Tommy, a book written by Townshend and his art school friend Richard Barnes ( now the Who's official biographer ) about the writing of Townshend's 1969 rock opera and the making of the 1975 Ken Russell-directed film, was published by Eel Pie the same year.
With the band's first hit single and record deal in early 1965, Townshend began writing original material and Daltrey's dominance of the band began to decline.
The band as a whole acknowledged Moon and Entwistle's innovation and talent on their instruments, and Pete Townshend had begun writing hit songs, but Daltrey struggled to find a voice to present their new music.

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