Peter Townsend | |
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![]() Flight Lieutenant Townsend in 1940 | |
Born | Rangoon, Burma, British India (now Yangon, Myanmar) | 22 November 1914
Died | 19 June 1995 Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines, France | (aged 80)
Buried | Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1933–1955 |
Rank | Group Captain |
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Battles/wars | Second World War |
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Spouse(s) | |
Children | 5 |
Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend, CVO, DSO, DFC & Bar (22 November 1914 – 19 June 1995) was a British Royal Air Force officer, flying ace, courtier and author. He was equerry to King George VI from 1944 to 1952 and held the same position for Elizabeth II from 1952 to 1953. Townsend notably had a romance with Princess Margaret, Elizabeth's younger sister.