Sir Simon Towneley died on 11 November, aged 100. He was the first Catholic to be Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, in which office he served for 20 years from 1976 to 1996; he was involved in many local causes, and also served as High Sheriff and a Justice of the Peace. Towneley’s background combined an unusually wide range of Catholic, landed, aristocratic, public-service, military, banking, musical, and artistic strands, which were continued and manifested in his own life and interests. He was appointed KCVO in 1994, and was also a Knight of St Gregory the Great.
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Scion of distinguished recusant family
sir simon towneley died on 11 november, aged 100. he was the first catholic to be lord lieutenant of lancashire, in which office he served f...
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