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Thomas TOWNSHEND
Adm. Fell.-Com. at CLARE, 02 Jul., 1750.
S. of Thomas (1720). B. 24 Feb., 1732/3, in London .
Matric. 1750 ;
M.A. 1753 .
M.P. for Whitchurch, Hampshire , 1754-83 .
Clerk of the Board of Green Cloth, 1760-2 .
A Lord of the Treasury, 1765 .
Joint-paymaster, 1767-8 .
P.C., 1768 .
Home Secretary under Shelburne and Pitt.
Secretary of War, 1782 .
Created Baron Sydney, 06 Mar., 1783; Viscount, 1789 .
Disagreed with Pitt's India Bill and Slave Regulation Bill; resigned, 1789 .
Chief Justice in Eyre (South of Trent), 1789-1800 .
Deputy-Lieutenant of Kent , 1793-1800 .
Supported the proposal for forming a Settlement in New South Wales [cu] Australia [/cu]; the town Sydney named after him.
Married Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Powys.
Died 13 Jun., 1800; buried at Chislehurst, Kent .
Will, P.C.C.
Brother of Charles (1751).
( G.E.C. ; D.N.B. ; A. B. Beaven.)
Thomas TOWNSHEND
Approx. lifespan: 1732–1800
Adm. Fell.-Com. at Clare College 1750:07:02
s. of Thomas TOWNSHEND (1720)
b. 1732/3:02:24 in London ,
Matric. 1750
M.A. 1753
M.P. for Whitchurch, Hampshire , 1754-83
Clerk of the Board of Green Cloth 1760-62
A Lord of the Treasury 1765
Joint-paymaster 1767-68
P.C. 1768
Home Secretary under Shelburne and Pitt.
Secretary of War 1782
Created Baron Sydney 1783:03:06 ; Viscount 1789
Disagreed with Pitt's India Bill and Slave Regulation Bill; resigned 1789
Chief Justice in Eyre (South of Trent) 1789-1800
Deputy-Lieutenant of Kent , 1793-1800
Supported the proposal for forming a Settlement in New South Wales , Australia , ; the town Sydney named after him.
Married Elizabeth POWYS dau. of Richard POWYS
d. 1800:06:13 ; buried at Chislehurst, Kent ,
Will, P.C.C.
brother of Charles TOWNSHEND (1751)
( G.E.C. ; D.N.B. ; A. B. Beaven.)

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