Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney

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Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney

• Born: 24 February 1733
• Died: 30 June 1800

Contents 1 Known as 2 Education 3 Offices 4 Honorary Positions 5 Peerage Titles 6 Privy Council 7 Parliamentary Seats 8 Parliamentary Positions

[edit] Known as

• 1733-1783 Thomas Townshend
• 1783-1789 The Lord Sydney
• 1789-1800 The Viscount Sydney

[edit] Education

• Eton College
• Clare College, Cambridge

[edit] Offices

• Clerk of the Board of Green Cloth, 1760-1762
• Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1765-1767
• Paymaster-General of the Forces, 1767-1768
• Secretary at War, 1782
• Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1782-1783, 1783-1789

[edit] Honorary Positions

• Chief Justice in Eyre, South of the Trent, 1789-1800

[edit] Peerage Titles

• Baron Sydney, 1783
• Viscount Sydney, 1789

[edit] Privy Council

• Privy Councillor, 1767

[edit] Parliamentary Seats

• Member of Parliament for Whitechurch, 1754-1783

[edit] Parliamentary Positions

• Leader of the House of Commons, 1782-1783
• Leader of the House of Lords, 1783-1789

Preceded by: The Earl of Shelburne	Home Secretary 1782–1783	Succeeded by: Lord North
Preceded by: The Earl Temple	Home Secretary 1783–1789	Succeeded by: William Grenville