monarch death_date nationality birth_date term_end death_place title term_start image name caption other_titles predecessor birth_place office parents known_for issue successor tenure article_title
george i 21 june 1738 english 18 april 1674 25 june 1721 raynham hall , norfolk 2nd viscount townshend 11 june 1720 charles kneller , bt -lrb- 2 -rrb- . jpg townshend , 2nd viscount townshend by sir godfrey the viscount townshend '' c. 1715 -- 20 . dressed in garter robes . charles national portrait gallery npg 1755 , viscount townshend '' , after kneller 2nd baron townshend the duke of kingston-upon-hull raynham hall , norfolk lord president of the council horatio townshend -lrb- father -rrb- inventing the 4 crop rotation method charles townshend thomas townshend george townshend the lord carleton 1687 -- 1738 charles townshend , 2nd viscount townshend

charles townshend , 2nd viscount townshend

charles townshend , 2nd viscount townshend bt , kg , pc -lrb- ; 18 april 1674 -- 21 june 1738 -rrb- was a british whig statesman .
he served for a decade as secretary of state , directing british foreign policy .
he was often known as turnip townshend because of his strong interest in farming turnips and his role in the british agricultural revolution .
