Chauncy Townsend
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Chauncy Townsend (23 February 1708 – 28 March 1770) was a City of London merchant and a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Great Britain.[1] He was prominent in developing coalmines in the Swansea area of Wales and in supplying settler needs in Nova Scotia.
The son of Jonathan Townsend, he started his business career as a London linen draper, before becoming a merchant in about 1740. He developed extensive interests in coal mines in the Swansea area, along with mining, smelting, and refining copper and lead. From 1744, he was as a government contractor supplying military and settler needs in Nova Scotia.
By the time of his death, most of Townsend's money had been consumed by the mining business.
