The Right Hon. Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney^[1]

1733 - 1800  (67 years)

• Name	Thomas Townshend
  	1st Viscount Sydney of St. Leonards
  Prefix	The Right Hon.
  Suffix	1st Viscount Sydney
  Born	24 Feb 1733
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Jun 1800
  Age	67 years
  Buried	Chislehurst, Kent
  Person ID	I0512	The Selwyn Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	The Hon. Thomas Townshend,   b. 02 Jun 1701,   d. 21 May 1780, Matson, Gloucester  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Albinia Selwyn,   b. 29 Apr 1714,   d. 7 Sep 1739, Matson  (Age 25 years)
  Married	2 May 1730
  Family ID	F082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Powys,   b. Abt 1736,   d. 1826  (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. Georgiana Townshend,   b. 1 Jun 1761,   d. 12 Sep 1835  (Age 74 years)   2. Hon. Mary Elizabeth Townshend,   b. 2 Sep 1762,   d. 21 May 1821  (Age 58 years)   3. John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney,   b. 21 Feb 1764,   d. 20 Jan 1831  (Age 66 years)   4. Albinia Ann Townshend,   b. 9 Oct 1765,   bur. 15 Mar 1770  (Age ~ 4 years)   5. Charles Horatio Townshend,   b. 10 Dec 1766,   d. 22 Dec 1773  (Age 7 years)   6. Henry George Townshend,   b. 25 October 1765?,   bur. 22 Dec 1773   7. Frederick Roger Townshend,   b. 20 Apr 1770,   d. 1782, at Eton  (Age 11 years) + 8. Hon. Frances Townshend,   b. 20 Feb 1772,   d. 13 Aug 1854  (Age 82 years)   9. Hon. Harriet Katherine Townshend,   b. 27 Nov 1773,   d. 24 Aug 1814  (Age 40 years)   10. William Augustus Townshend,   b. 10 Mar 1776,   d. 3 Jul 1816  (Age 40 years)   11. Sophia Charlotte Townshend   12. Horatio George Powis Townshend,   b. 6 Feb 1780,   d. 25 May 1843  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Chislehurst, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Thomas, First Viscount Sydney B. 1733 D 1800 Fron the picture by Gilbert Stuart

  
  

  Headstones		Memorial Inscription in St. Katharine's, Matson
  		MI to The Right Hon. Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney MI to Mary Townshend

  
  

• Notes

  Inherited Matson House in 1791 on the death of George Augustus

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Inscription in Matson Church, Gloucester, Mary Townshend.