Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
(1733-1800)
British Viscount
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Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC (24 February 1733 – 30 June 1800), was a British politician who held several important Cabinet posts in the second half of the 18th century. His most enduring legacy is probably that the cities of Sydney in Nova Scotia, Canada, and Sydney in New South Wales, Australia were named in his honour, in 1785 and 1788 respectively.
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24 February 1733 Raynham, Norfolk
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30 June 1800 (aged 67)
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