Lord Sydney The Life And Times Of Tommy Townshend

When the British Cabinet accepted his recommendation that convicts be sent to Botany Bay, Lord SydneyThomas Townshend instructed the Treasury forthwith to provide for the First Fleet. A John Bull figure, full of bumptious ambition and self-confidence, Townshend spent most of his working life in parliamentary opposition. 

Author: Andrew Tink

Publisher: Australian Scholarly

Released Date: 2011

ISBN: 9781921875434