Towneley
# Towneley

Towneley is a surname, and may refer to:

## People

### The Towneley family of England

* Charles Townley (1 October 1737 – 3 January 1805[1]), British antiquary
* Caroline Theresa Towneley (1838–1873), British heiress
* Charles Towneley (MP) (1803–1870), Irish Independent Irish Party and Whig politician
* Francis Towneley (1709–1746), English Catholic and Jacobite
* Henry Towneley Green (1836–1899), English watercolourist and illustrator
* John Towneley (politician) (1806–1878), English Whig politician
* John Towneley (translator) (1697–1782), English supporter of the Jacobite Rising of 1745
* Montagu Towneley-Bertie, 13th Earl of Lindsey (2 November 1887 – 11 September 1963), English peer
* Richard de Towneley (MP) (c. 1313 – 16 April 1381), English landowner and politician
* Richard Towneley (1629–1707), English mathematician, natural philosopher and astronomer
* Simon Towneley (1921–2022), British author

**Barons O'Hagan**

* Baron O'Hagan (the title)
* Thomas O'Hagan, Baron O'Hagan (1812–1885)

    who married in 1871 Alice Towneley, daughter and co-heiress of Colonel Charles Towneley, from whom his heirs take the name
* Thomas Towneley O'Hagan, 2nd Baron O'Hagan (5 December 1878 – 13 December 1900)
* Maurice Towneley-O'Hagan, 3rd Baron O'Hagan (20 February 1882 – 18 December 1961)
* Charles Towneley Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan (b. 1945)

## Places and institutions

* Mary Towneley Loop, a circular route along the border of Lancashire and Yorkshire
* Towneley Colliery or Towneley Desmesne, coal mine in Lancashire
* Towneley High School founded 1941 in Lancashire
* Towneley Park in Lancashire
* Towneley railway station in Lancashire
* Towneley Stadium, a former racing stadium in Lancashire

## Arts

* Towneley Mystery Plays
