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.
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