Earl Sydney
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The titles of Baron Sydney and Viscount Sydney were created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1783 and 1789, respectively, for Thomas Townshend, a politician of the period for whom the Australian city of Sydney is named.
In 1874, the 3rd Viscount was created Earl Sydney, but all the titles became extinct upon his death in 1890.
Viscounts Sydney (1789)
- Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733-1800)
- John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney (1764-1831)
- John Robert Townshend, 3rd Viscount Sydney (1805-1890), created Earl Sydney in 1874