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Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney (24 de febrero de 1732, Frognal House, en Sidcup, Kent (Reino Unido)-30 de junio de 1800) fue un político británico que desempeñó varios puestos importantes en el gabinete en la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII.
Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney -30 de junio de 1800) fue un político británico que desempeñó varios puestos importantes en el gabinete en la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII. Su legado más perdurable es, probablemente, el nombre de las ciudades nominadas en su honor: Sídney, Australia y Sydney en Canadá.
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC (1733-1800) was British Home Secretary in the Pitt Government, given responsibility for devising a plan to settle convicts at Botany Bay. He chose Arthur Phillip as governor; on 26 January 1788, Phillip named Sydney Cove in honour of Sydney and the settlement became known as Sydney Town.
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.
Thomas Townshend, first Viscount Sydney PC (1733–1800), British politician, was instrumental in implementing his government’s 1786 decision to establish a penal colony on the east coast of Australia. Townshend was first elected to the House of Commons in 1754.
Tommy was an influential politician during a very turbulent time. He held a number of important offices in various governments, including Secretary at War, Leader of the House of Commons, Home Secretary, and later, Leader of the House of Lords.
James Matra’s initial proposal in 1783 to the British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, prompted feedback that his plan should also include a solution for the growing convict problem in Great Britain.
