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