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John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney

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57: 1452: 669:, was previously known as The Swan, and in Pigot's Directory of 1832 known as the White Swan. It was renamed in the 1880s in honour of John Robert Townshend, 3rd Viscount Sydney. The pub sign is a diagram of the Sydney family arms. 702: 653:, on 4 August 1832. They had no children. He died in February 1890, aged 84, when all his titles became extinct. The Countess Sydney survived her husband by three years and died in March 1893. The family seat of 591:
became prime minister in 1855, but relinquished the position when the Liberals lost power in February 1858. The Liberals returned to office under Palmerston already in June 1859, when Sydney was made
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between 1880 and 1885 and between February and July 1886. However, despite Lord Sydney's ministerial career lasting over 30 years he was never a member of the cabinet.
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was inherited by Lord Sydney's nephew Robert Marsham, who assumed the additional surname of Townshend in accordance with his uncle's will.
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in 1826, a seat he held until 1831, when he succeeded his father in the viscountcy and entered the
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Sydney was once again Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1868 and 1874 in
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politician. In a ministerial career spanning over 30 years, he was twice
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in early 1853. He continued as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard when
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Lord Sydney married Lady Emily Paget, daughter of Field Marshal
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thepeerage.com John Robert Townshend, 1st and last Earl Sydney
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John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney
The Right Honourable
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Vanity Fair
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
Victoria
The Earl of Aberdeen
The Viscount Palmerston
The Lord de Ros
The Lord de Ros
Lord Chamberlain of the Household
Victoria
The Viscount Palmerston
The Earl Russell
The Earl De La Warr
The Earl of Bradford
Victoria
William Ewart Gladstone
The Earl of Bradford
The Marquess of Hertford
Lord Steward of the Household
Victoria
William Ewart Gladstone
The Earl Beauchamp
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
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William Ewart Gladstone

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