Roger Townshend, fifth son of Charles Viscount Townshend, and younger brother of Gen’l George Townshend (afterwards 4th Viscount and 1st Marquis) to whom Quebec surrendered when Wolfe was killed, was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel 1st Feb., 1758, and served as Adjutant-General in the Expedition against Louisbourg, and Deputy Adjutant-General in this Campaign with Rank of Colonel. He was killed in the Trenches before Ticonderoga by a cannon ball on the 25th July, 1759, and his remains were transmitted to Albany for interment. His spirit and military knowledge justly entitled him to the esteem of every soldier; and accordingly the loss of him was universally lamented.
Knox I, 360, 289, 401, 403.
Wilson’s Orderly Book, page 77.
Supplement to the New York Mercury, Tuesday, July 31, 1759.
Extract from a letter dated Albany, July 29, 1759.
“The same evening (July 27), an Express arrived from Ticonderoga, with an account of Colonel Townshend being killed, in reconnoitering the Fort, by a cannon ball.
Yesterday about 12 o’clock, Colonel Townshend’s corpse arrived here, and was decently interred.”
In the “Church Book” St. Peter’s, Albany, appears the following entry: