Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800

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Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount of Sydney, British Whig statesman. Lord of the Treasury (1765), Speaker of the House of Commons (1766), and member of the Privy Council (1767), Secretary of State for Home Affairs, War, and the Colonies (1782). In the latter capacity he guided the negotiations for the Treaty of 1783 between Britain and the United States.

From the description of Papers of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount of Sydney, 1765-1787. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122551596

British public official.

From the description of Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney, papers, 1782-1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981029
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creatorOf Johnston, Clement Dixon, 1895-1979,. Papers collected by Clement Dixon Johnston [manuscript], 1683-1943. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Pitt family papers 1728-1830 1757-1805 Pitt family papers William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800. Printed document signed by three Lords of the Admiralty : [London], 1790 Oct. 2. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814. Letter [manuscript] : to Lord Sydney. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified Houghton Library
creatorOf Hamond, Andrew Snape, Sir, 1738-1828. Correspondence of Sir Andrew Snape Hamond [manuscript] 1781-1787. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Thomas Paine manuscript material : 1 item, 1788 The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.
referencedIn Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney papers 1665-1828 1780-1788 Sydney, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount papers William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800. Papers of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount of Sydney, 1765-1787. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn William Dowdeswell papers 1765-1774 Dowdeswell, William papers William L. Clements Library
creatorOf George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. Document signed : [London], to Councillor Robert [Lowth], Lord Bishop of London, 1785 Feb. 7. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection, 1505-1957 (inclusive), 1702-1854 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, 2nd Earl of Shelburne papers 1665-1885 Shelburne, William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, 2nd Earl of, papers William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789. Canadiana manuscripts, 1749-1811. Rosenbach Museum & Library
creatorOf Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney papers, 1665-1828. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800. Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney, papers, 1782-1786. Library of Congress
referencedIn John Vaughan papers 1779-1781, 1784, 1789 Vaughan, John papers William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800. Autograph letters signed (2) : [n.p.], to George Hickes, Under-Secretary of State, 1818 May 9 and July 11. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800. [Political notes], [ca. 1780-1800]. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800. [Letter, 1787 Apr. 23, Whitehall, London to Sir Charles Midleton, Sydney] [manuscript] / [from Lord Sydney]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Stewart, Robert, Lieutenant Colonel. Letters of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Stewart, 1754-1755. University of Pittsburgh
creatorOf Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800. Memorandum on my conversation at Bath, 1765. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf William L. Clements Library. William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, 2nd Earl of Shelburne papers, 1665-1885. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Henry Clinton papers, 1736-1850 William L. Clements Library
referencedIn George Sackville Germain papers 1683-1785 Germain, George Sackville papers William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Vaughan, John, ca. 1731-1795. John Vaughan papers, 1779-1781, 1784, 1789. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Henry Clinton papers, 1736-1850 William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Nepean, Evan, 1751-1822. Letter [manuscript] : to Lord Sydney. Libraries Australia
creatorOf King, Philip Gidley, 1758-1808. Letter [manuscript] : Norfolk Island, to Lord Sydney. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Johnson, John, Sir, 1742-1830. Letter : [Montreal, Que.?], to Lord Sydney, [London, Eng.?], f 1785 Feb. 1. Newberry Library
creatorOf Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785. George Sackville Germain papers, 1683-1785. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified Houghton Library
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associatedWith King, Philip Gidley, 1758-1808. person
associatedWith Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 person
associatedWith Midleton, Charles Sir person
associatedWith Nepean, Evan, 1751-1822. person
associatedWith Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768. person
associatedWith Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 person
associatedWith Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814. person
associatedWith Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778. person
associatedWith Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915- person
associatedWith Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782. person
associatedWith Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785. person
associatedWith Stewart, Robert, Lieutenant Colonel. person
associatedWith Vaughan, John, ca. 1731-1795. person
associatedWith Vaughan, John, Sir, 1747 or 8-1795. person
associatedWith Westminster, Robert Grosvenor, Marquis of, 1767-1845. person
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