Roger Townshend

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Roger Townshend may refer to:

  • Roger Townshend (judge) (c. 1430-1493), Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, MP for Bramber, Calne, ancestor of the Townshend Baronets and Viscount and Marquesses of Townshend, the Viscounts and Earls Sydney and the Barons Bayning
  • Roger Townshend (1477-1551), MP for Norfolk, son of the above
  • Roger Townshend (1544-1590), courtier, great-grandson of the above
  • Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Baronet (c. 1596-1637), grandson of the above
  • Sir Roger Townshend, 2nd Baronet (1628-1648), eldest son of the above
  • Roger Townshend (MP) (1708-1760), soldier and MP, younger son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend