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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 (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, 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.
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.
In the angle of the north and east walls of the Scadbury Chapel at St Nicholas Church in Chislehurst, above the Walsingham Tomb, is the white marble Sydney Monument which is really a lengthy biography not only of the 1st Viscount but also of his family.
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, came of an old and very distinguished Norfolk family who are still resident at the family seat, Raynham Hall, near the quaint Tudor market town of Fakenham.
3 de jun. de 2024 · 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.
