George Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey

George Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey
The House of Commons, 1833 by Sir George Hayter
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(1808-04-04)4 April 1808
Died24 October 1859(1859-10-24) (aged 51)
Children3, including Victor
Parents
RelativesVilliers 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.

Life

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]

Marriage and issue

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]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Deaths Dec 1859 Villiers George Augustus Frederick Brighton 2b 109

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Death of the Earl of Jersey". The Times. No. 23446. Gale. 25 October 1859. p. 9. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Funeral of the Earl of Jersey". Berkshire Chronicle. British Newspaper Archive. 29 October 1859. p. 7 col.2. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Obituary of eminent persons: the Earl of Jersey". Illustrated London News. British Newspaper Archive. 29 October 1859. p. 18/424 col.3. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. ^ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Jersey
  5. ^ "Key to Mr Leslie's picture of Queen Victoria receiving the Holy Sacrament at her Coronation". National Portrait Gallery.
  6. ^ Lundy, Darryl. "p. 5281 § 52807". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
  7. ^ "Jersey, Earls of" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 330.
  8. ^ [1] Samuel cousins Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters section: V. The lettering of title slightly strengthened. B.M. 125. PEEL, MISS JULIA. After Sir T. Lawrence.
  9. ^ Lucas, Peter (8 May 2018). "Jersey Street has its own dark past". Boston Herald. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  10. ^ Smith, Tovia (26 April 2018). "Boston Changes 'Yawkey Way' To 'Jersey Street' After Concerns Over Racist Legacy". NPR. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Rochester
1830–1831
With: Ralph Bernal 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Minehead
1831–1832
With: John Fownes Luttrell 		Constituency abolished
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Honiton
1832–1835
With: James Ruddell-Todd 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis
1837–1842
With: George William Hope 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cirencester
1844–1852
With: William Cripps 1844–1848
Joseph Randolph Mullings 1848–1852 		Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Jersey
3–24 October 1859 		Succeeded by


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