Treasury Warrant Signed ‘Tho: Townshend’, and by two other Lords of the Treasury, to the Earl of Lincoln at the Exchequer, requesting the quarterly salaries for named Commissioners of Trade by TOWNSHEND, Thomas, 1st Viscount Sydney, and others

Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, 22 July 1767. 1 page 13 x 9 inches, a few small tears repaired, left edge creased but complete, generally in good condition. Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733-1800) was brought him back into office by Rockingham as a Lord of the Treasury on 12 July 1765. He became secretary of state for the home office in July 1782, after a few months as secretary at war under Rockingham. In those days the home department included responsibility for the colonies. He is famous for his support of the plans for a convict settlement in New South Wales. On 26 January 1788 Arthur Philip named Sydney in New South Wales in his honour.