Townshend, Thomas, 1st Viscount Sydney, 1733-1800.

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Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, (1733-1800) was a statesman after whom Sydney in Australia was named. Thomas Townshend (1701-1780), the teller of the exchequer, was his father. For fuller details of their lives and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography.

From the guide to the Correspondence and papers of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, 1742-1807, (GB 206 Leeds University Library)

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Letters 18th century
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Passports Great Britain 18th century
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Birth 1733

Death 1800

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