John
Thomas
"2nd Viscount Sydney"
Townshend
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Townshend
and Elizabeth (Powys) Townshend
Brother of
Mary Elizabeth (Townshend) Pitt, Frances (Townshend) Rice, Harriet Katherine Townshend and William Augustus Townshend
Husband of
Sophia (Southwell) Townshend
— married
13 Apr 1790 [location unknown]
Husband of
Caroline Elizabeth Letitia (Clements) Townshend
— married
27 May 1802 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 66
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Mar 2016
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John Townshend was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
Biography
John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney of St. Leonards was born on 21 February 1764.1 He was the son of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney of St. Leonards and Elizabeth Powys. He married, firstly, Hon. Sophia Southwell, daughter of Edward Southwell, 20th Lord Clifford and Sophia Campbell, on 13 April 1790.2 He married, secondly, Lady Caroline Elizabeth Letitia Clements, daughter of Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim and Lady Elizabeth Skeffington, on 27 May 1802.3 He died on 20 January 1831 at age 66. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Sydney, of Chiselhurst, co. Kent [G.B., 1783] on 30 June 1800.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Sydney of St. Leonards, co. Gloucester [G.B., 1789] on 30 June 1800.
Child of John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney of St. Leonards and Hon. Sophia Southwell
- Hon. Sophia Mary Townshend d. 6 Dec 1852
- Hon. Mary Elizabeth Townshend+ d. 25 Dec 1847
Children of John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney of St. Leonards and Lady Caroline Elizabeth Letitia Clements
- John Robert Townshend, 1st and last Earl Sydney b. 9 Aug 1805, d. 14 Feb 1890
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