• Thomas Townshend may refer to: Thomas Townshend (MP) (1701–1780), British MP Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733–1800), British politician, son...
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    Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC (24 February 1733 – 30 June 1800) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1783 when...
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    was created in 1787 for George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend. The Townshend family descends from Roger Townshend, who in 1617 was created a baronet...
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    Party, 71; Thomas, Townshend Duties, 252. Thomas, Townshend Duties, 252. Labaree, Tea Party, 72–73. Labaree, Tea Party, 51. Thomas, Townshend Duties, 255;...
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    Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, KG PC FRS(/ˈtaʊnzənd/; 18 April 1674 – 21 June 1738) was an English Whig statesman. He served for a decade...
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    The Townshend Acts (/ˈtaʊnzənd/) or Townshend Duties were a series of British acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 introducing a series of taxes...
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    The Honourable Thomas Townshend (2 June 1701 – 21 May 1780), of Frognal House, Kent, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for...
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    Charles Townshend (27 August 1725 – 4 September 1767) was a British politician who held various titles in the Parliament of Great Britain. His establishment...
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    City of Sydney website: In the top left are the arms belonging to Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney, after whom the city was named. The English Naval...
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  • Stooks Smith records Townshend as getting 237 votes. Seat vacated on Townshend being appointed to an office Seat vacated on Townshend being appointed to...
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  • Lords. Townshend was the son of the Hon. Thomas Townshend, second son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, whose eldest son Charles Townshend, 3rd...
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    one of its most senior members. In December 1767, he succeeded Charles Townshend as Chancellor of the Exchequer. With the resignation of the secretary...
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  • Elizabeth Townshend, Viscountess Sydney (7 April 1736 – 1 May 1826) was the wife of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney. She was the daughter of Richard...
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    Sydney's death in 1774. The third creation came on 6 March 1783 when Thomas Townshend was created Baron Sydney, of Chiselhurst in the County of Kent, in...
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  • will of Thomas Townshend of Crimplesham, Norfolk. Aurelian was a third cousin of Sir Roger Townshend and of the historian Hayward Townshend (c. 1577...
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  • Charles Townshend (1725–1767) was a British Chancellor of the Exchequer. Charles Townshend may also refer to: Charles Fox Townshend (1795–1817), founder...
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  • Sydney, Australia are named for him. John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney (1764–1831) John Robert Townshend, 3rd Viscount Sydney (1805–1890), created...
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    Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch, and Hon. Harriet Katherine Townshend, daughter of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney and Elizabeth Powys. When his older...
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    he has lost a whole continent. Fox, who occasionally corresponded with Thomas Jefferson and had met Benjamin Franklin in Paris, correctly predicted that...
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    Dorothy Townshend, Viscountess Townshend (née Walpole), was an English aristocrat, born on 18 September 1686 at Houghton Hall. She was the thirteenth child...
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  • musician Pete Townshend, released on 14 June 1982 by Atco Records. Chris Thomas produced the album (who had also produced Townshend's previous studio...
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    remain. They include Frognal House, the birthplace and residence of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, converted for use as residential and nursing...
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    Louisa Fitzmaurice (born bef. 1789) Lord Lansdowne's brother, The Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice (1742–1793) of Cliveden, was also a Member of Parliament. University...
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  • Patrick Thomas Townshend (6 January 1769 – 27 May 1796) was a British Member of Parliament. Townshend was the fourth son of Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st...
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    The Who (category Pete Townshend)
    (1964–1978) consisted of lead vocalist Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon. They are considered one...
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    Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC (28 February 1724 – 14 September 1807), known as The Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was...
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  • Earl of Kerry 7 The Marquess Townshend 1787 Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend Great Britain Thomas Townshend, Viscount Raynham 8 The Marquess...
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    Baroness Compton George Townshend 1724–1807 1st Marquess Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend Thomas Townshend 1733–1800 1st Viscount...
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  • John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney of St Leonards (21 February 1764 – 20 January 1831) was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Townshend was...
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  • touun "village", "hamlet", "stead" + ende "end".) Popular variants are Townshend (of Norfolk variety), and Townend. Townsend Bell, motor racing driver...
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