George Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey | |
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Member of Parliament for Cirencester | |
In office 1844-1852 | |
Member of Parliament for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis | |
In office 1837-1842 | |
Member of Parliament for Honiton | |
In office 1832-1835 | |
Member of Parliament for Minehead | |
In office 1832-1832 | |
Member of Parliament for Rochester | |
In office 1830-1831 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 April 1808 |
Died | 24 October 1859 | (aged 51)
Children | 3, including Victor |
Parents |
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Relatives | Villiers family |
George Augustus Frederick Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey (4 April 1808 – 24 October 1859), styled Viscount Villiers until 1859, was an English peer and politician from the Villiers family.
Villiers was born on 4 April 1808 in London, the son of George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey, by Lady Sarah Fane. [1] [2] [3]
He sat as Member of Parliament for Rochester from 1830 to 1831, for Minehead from 1831 from 1832, for Honiton from 1832 to 1835, for Weymouth & Melcome Regis from 1837 to 1842 and for Cirencester from 1844 to 1852. [1] [2] [4]
He served as a Lord-in-waiting to the Duchess of Cambridge at the 1838 coronation of Queen Victoria. [5]
Lord Jersey married Julia Peel (d. 1893), daughter of the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel, on 12 July 1841. [1] [2] They had three children: [2] [3]
He succeeded in the earldom on the death of his father on 3 October 1859 but only held the title until his own death of tuberculosis three weeks later, [7] in Brighton on 24 October 1859, [nb 1] [2] and was buried in Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire. [1] [2]
Lady Jersey married Charles Brandling on 12 September 1865. [8]
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George Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey | |
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Member of Parliament for Cirencester | |
In office 1844-1852 | |
Member of Parliament for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis | |
In office 1837-1842 | |
Member of Parliament for Honiton | |
In office 1832-1835 | |
Member of Parliament for Minehead | |
In office 1832-1832 | |
Member of Parliament for Rochester | |
In office 1830-1831 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 April 1808 |
Died | 24 October 1859 | (aged 51)
Children | 3, including Victor |
Parents |
|
Relatives | Villiers family |
George Augustus Frederick Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey (4 April 1808 – 24 October 1859), styled Viscount Villiers until 1859, was an English peer and politician from the Villiers family.
Villiers was born on 4 April 1808 in London, the son of George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey, by Lady Sarah Fane. [1] [2] [3]
He sat as Member of Parliament for Rochester from 1830 to 1831, for Minehead from 1831 from 1832, for Honiton from 1832 to 1835, for Weymouth & Melcome Regis from 1837 to 1842 and for Cirencester from 1844 to 1852. [1] [2] [4]
He served as a Lord-in-waiting to the Duchess of Cambridge at the 1838 coronation of Queen Victoria. [5]
Lord Jersey married Julia Peel (d. 1893), daughter of the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel, on 12 July 1841. [1] [2] They had three children: [2] [3]
He succeeded in the earldom on the death of his father on 3 October 1859 but only held the title until his own death of tuberculosis three weeks later, [7] in Brighton on 24 October 1859, [nb 1] [2] and was buried in Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire. [1] [2]
Lady Jersey married Charles Brandling on 12 September 1865. [8]
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