Family and Education
b. 21 Feb. 1764, 1st s. of Thomas Townshend. educ. Eton 1775-81; Clare, Camb. 1781. m. (1) 13 Apr. 1790, Hon. Sophia Southwell (d. 9 Nov. 1795), da. of Edward, 20th Lord de Clifford, 1s. 2da.; (2) 27 May 1802, Lady Caroline Elizabeth Letitia Clements, da. of Robert, 1st Earl of Leitrim [I], 1s. suc. fa. as 2nd Visct. Sydney 30 June 1800.
Offices Held
Under-sec. of state for home affairs 1784 – 89; ld. of Admirality 1789 – 93; ld. of Treasury 1793 – 1800; ld. of the bedchamber 1800 – 10.
Parlimentarian
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
TOWNSHEND, Hon. John Thomas (1764-1831)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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