Sydney Thomas Townshend First Viscount 1733-1800 Entered
Parliament, 1754; lord of the treasury, 1765; war secretary, 1872; and
home secretary, 1783. The office of home secretary then included the
colonies. =Index=: (Lord Dorchester era) Secretary of state, discusses with Carleton
future of Canada, 224; his correspondence with Carleton, 242; succeeded
in colonial office by Grenville, 248. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Du Calvet's petition to,
284-288; Haldimand's intercourse with, 310, 315, 322, 326, 337; speech
to, 327. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.