Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC (24 February 1733 – 30 June 1800) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1783 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Sydney. He held several important Cabinet posts in the second half of the 18th century. The cities of Sydney in Nova Scotia, Canada, and Sydney in New South Wales, Australia were named in his honour, in 1785 and 1788, respectively.
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In office 23 December 1783 – 5 June 1789 |
Monarch | George III |
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Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
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Preceded by | The Earl Temple |
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Succeeded by | The Lord Grenville |
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In office 10 July 1782 – 2 April 1783 |
Monarch | George III |
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Prime Minister | The Earl of Shelburne |
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Preceded by | The Earl of Shelburne |
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Succeeded by | Lord North |
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In office 19 June 1789 – 30 June 1800 |
Preceded by | Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley |
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Succeeded by | Thomas Grenville |
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In office 4 September 1784 – 6 March 1790 |
Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
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Preceded by | New Office |
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Succeeded by | William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville |
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In office December 1783 – June 1789 |
Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
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Preceded by | George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham |
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Succeeded by | Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds |
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In office 5 March 1784 – 23 August 1786 |
Monarch | George III |
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Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
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Preceded by | The Lord Grantham (First Lord of Trade) |
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Succeeded by | The Earl of Liverpool (President of the Board of Trade) |
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In office 10 July 1782 – 6 March 1783 |
Prime Minister | William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne |
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Preceded by | Charles James Fox |
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Succeeded by | Charles James Fox |
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In office 1782–1782 |
Prime Minister | Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham |
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Preceded by | Charles Jenkinson |
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Succeeded by | George Yonge |
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In office 9 December 1767 – 17 June 1768 |
Monarch | George III of the United Kingdom |
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Preceded by | Frederick North, Lord North George Cooke (died 1768) |
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Succeeded by | Richard Rigby |
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In office 1754–1783 |
Preceded by | Charles Wallop Lord Robert Bertie |
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Succeeded by | George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton William Selwyn (MP for Whitchurch) |
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Born | (1733-02-24)24 February 1733 Raynham, Norfolk, England |
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Died | 30 June 1800(1800-06-30) (aged 67) Sidcup, Kent, England |
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Political party | Whig |
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Spouse | Elizabeth Powys (1736–1826) |
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Parent(s) | Thomas Townshend Albinia Selwyn |
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Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
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