 Their son Thomas became a prominent politician and was created Viscount Sydney in 1789.Townshend had brothers Charles, William and Roger, and nephews George, Charles and Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning.Cape ground squirrel

The Cape ground squirrel or South African ground squirrel ("Xerus inauris") is found in most of the drier parts of southern Africa from South Africa, through to Botswana, and into Namibia, including Etosha National Park.