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Thomas Townshend, 1. Viscount Sydney (* 24. Februar 1733 in Frognal House, nahe Chislehurst in Kent; † 30. Juni 1800 ebenda) war ein britischer Innenminister. Nach ihm wurden die australische Stadt Sydney und die kanadische Stadt Sydney (Nova Scotia) benannt. Leben. Townshend war der Sohn von Thomas Townshend, dem zweiten Sohn des ...
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 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, 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. Sydney was ...
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, 1. Viscount Sydney war ein britischer Innenminister. Nach ihm wurden die australische Stadt Sydney und die kanadische Stadt Sydney benannt.
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.
