His son Christopher was a well-known antiquary, but the most distinguished member of the family was Charles Towneley, who lived in the eighteenth century. He made a very important collection of ancient statuary and terra-cottas, which were purchased for the British Museum in 1805, and a member of the Towneley family is always represented on the Museum Board of Trustees.
TREVOR, MARCUS, VISCOUNT DUNGANNON
Arms.—Per bend sinister erm. and erminois, a lion rampant or. Trevor.
[Beaulieu. Take heed of both extremes. London, 1675.]
Crest.—A wyvern with wings addorsed, sa.
Initials.—I. D.