Emma Townshend

Emma Townshend (born 28 March 1969) is an English writer and journalist, and the elder daughter of The Who's Pete Townshend. She has previously worked as an academic, a musician and in adult education, but since 2006 has been the Independent on Sunday’s garden columnist. Townshend has written for most of the broadsheet newspapers and has been a guest on radio and TV including the BBC World Service, Woman's Hour, and Newsnight.

Emma Townshend was the first child born to Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend and his wife Karen (born Karen Astley, 12 June 1947, Grappenhall, Cheshire) in 1969. Pete Townshend was the eldest son of jazz musician Cliff Townshend and his wife Betty Dennis who sang with The Squadronaires during World War II. Karen Astley was the daughter of composer Ted Astley, best known for TV themes for shows including The Saint, and his wife Hazel Balbirnie, and is also sister of record producer Jon Astley and singer/songwriter Virginia Astley. The couple met while attending Ealing School of Art and married in 1968. Emma has one sister, Aminta (b. 24 April 1971), and a brother, Joseph (b. 1989).

Of Townshend's four grandparents, three were professional musicians, all of whom had been in armed forces entertainment during the war. Emma's father Pete Townshend is the lead guitarist and principal songwriter of the rock band The Who. Pete Townshend has said that when his first daughter was born, “the room was filled with angels,” although he later speculated that this might have been an acid flashback. As a baby, her parents took her to in a carrycot, and she was brought up following the teachings of the Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba.

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