Viscount Sydney
Viscount Sydney was a hereditary British title of nobility , which was awarded once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain .
First award
On April 9, 1689, the title Viscount Sydney of Shepey in the County of Kent was created for the politician and military officer Henry Sydney , a younger son of the 2nd Earl of Leicester . Along with the Viscount title he was awarded the subordinate title Baron Milton in the County of Kent. On May 14, 1694 he was raised to Earl of Romney in the County of Kent. All three titles belonged to Peerage of England. He remained unmarried and childless, which is why all three titles expired on his death on April 8, 1704.
Second award
On June 11, 1789, the title Viscount Sydney of St. Leonards in the County of Gloucester was bestowed on Thomas Townshend, 1st Baron Sydney . On March 6, 1783 he had already been awarded the title of Baron Sydney , of Chiselhurst in the County of Kent. Both titles belonged to the Peerage of Great Britain. His grandson, the 3rd Viscount, was elevated to Earl Sydney on February 27, 1874 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . With the death of the 1st Earl in 1890, all three titles expired.
List of Viscounts and Earls Sydney
Viscount Sydney, first bestowal (1689)
- Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney , 1st Viscount Sydney (1641–1704)
Viscount Sydney, second bestowal (1789)
- Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733–1800)
- John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney (1764–1831)
- John Robert Townshend, 3rd Viscount Sydney (1805–1890) (promoted to Earl Sydney in 1874 )
Earls Sydney (1874)
- John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney , 3rd Viscount Sydney (1805–1890)