Thomas Townshend

Thomas Townshend may refer to:

  • Thomas Townshend (MP) (1701-1780), British MP
  • Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733-1800), British politician, son of the above
  • Tom Townsend, secret identity of Captain Flag

Famous quotes containing the words thomas and/or townshend:

    “Too proud to die; broken and blind he died
    The darkest way, and did not turn away,
    A cold kind man brave in his narrow pride
    On that darkest day.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “Because Time cannot alter but obey Fate’s laws.
    [Chorus:] Then happy those whom Fate, that is the stronger,
    Together twists their threads, and yet draws hers the longer.”
    —Aurelian Townshend (c. 1583–c.1651)