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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 (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, primer vizconde de Sydney PC (24 de febrero de 1733 - 30 de junio de 1800) fue un político británico que se sentó en la Cámara de los Comunes desde 1754 hasta 1783 cuando fue elevado a la nobleza como barón de Sydney.
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, 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.
The Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney papers contain the official letters of Lord Sydney, spanning his entire political career, as well as material related to his grandfather, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1664-1738); his father, the Honorable Thomas Townshend (1701-1780); and his son, John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney ...
