EARLS OF

JERSEY  . Sir Edward Villiers (c . 1656-1711), son of Sir Edward Villiers (162o-1689), of Richmond, Surrey, was created Baron Villiers and Viscount Villiers in 1691 and earl of Jersey in 1697 . His grandfather, Sir Edward Villiers (c . 1585-1626), master of the mint and president of Munster, was half-brother of George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham, and of Christopher Villiers, 1st earl of Anglesey; his sister was Elizabeth Villiers, the mistress of William III., and after-wards countess of Orkney . Villiers was knight-marshal of the royal household in succession to his father; master of theof Ryswick; he was ambassador at the Hague, and after becoming an earl was ambassador in Paris . In 1699 he was made secretary of state for the southern department, and on three occasions he was one of the lords justices of England . In 1704 he was dismissed from office by Anne, and after this event he was concerned in some of the Jacobite schemes . He died on the 25th of August 1711 . The 2nd earl was his son William (c . 1682-1721), an adherent of the exiled house of Stuart, and the 3rd earl was the latter's son William (d . 1769), who succeeded his kinsman John Fitzgerald (c .

1692-1766) as 6th Viscount Grandison . The 3rd earl's son, George

Bussy, the 4th earl (1735-1805), held several positions at the court of George III., and on account of his courtly manners was called the " prince of Maccaronies." The 4th earl's son, George, 5th earl of Jersey (1973-1859), one of the most celebrated fox-hunters of his time and a successful owner of racehorses, married Sarah Sophia (1785-1867), daughter of John Fane, loth earl of Westmorland, and granddaughter of Robert Child, the banker . She inherited her grandfather's great wealth, including his interest in Child's bank, and with her husband took the name of Child-Villiers . Since this time the connexions of the earls of Jersey with Child's bank has been maintained . Victor Albert George Child-Villiers (b . 1845) succeeded his father George Augustus (1808-1859), 6th earl, who had only held the title for three weeks, as 7th earl of Jersey in 1859 . This nobleman was governor of New South Wales from 1890 to 1893 .