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Thomas Townshend, 1. vikomt Sydney ( Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, 1st Baron Sydney) ( 24. února 1733 Raynham Hall, Norfolk, Anglie – 30. června 1800 Londýn) byl britský státník z významného rodu Townshendů. Je po něm pojmenováno největší australské město Sydney .
Thomas (Tommy) Townshend, first Viscount Sydney (1733-1800), politician, was born in London on 24 February 1733, the eldest son of Thomas Townshend (1701-1780), politician. He was educated at Eton (1748) and later at Cambridge, graduating with an MA in 1753. As a grandson of Charles (Turnip) Townshend, a one-time leader of the all-powerful Whig ...
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 ...
Thomas Townshend, primeiro vizconde de Sydney, nado o 24 de febreiro de 1732 e finado o 30 de xuño de 1800, foi un político inglés que ocupou varios dos máis importantes postos de goberno no Reino Unido durante a segunda metade do século XVIII.
Thomas Townshend the younger's mother was Albinia, daughter of John Selwyn. He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge. Political career. Townshend was elected to the House of Commons in 1754 as Whig member for Whitchurch in Hampshire, and held that seat till his elevation to the peerage in
British Viscount (1733-1800) Thomas 1st Viscount Sydney of St. Leonards Townshend (24 Feb 1733 - 30 Jun 1800)
Thomas Townshend was elevated to the peerage with the title of ‘Baron Sydney’ in 1783. As Home Secretary in the British Parliament, he was responsible for devising a plan to settle convicts at Botany Bay in Australia. Baron Sydney chose Captain Arthur Phillip to lead the First Fleet and as Governor, Phillip named Sydney Cove in his honour.
