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EARLS OF See also: Sir See also: Edward See also: Villiers (c
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1656-1711), son of Sir Edward Villiers (162o-1689), of See also: Richmond, Surrey, was created Baron Villiers and Viscount Villiers in 1691 and See also: earl of See also: Jersey in 1697
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His grandfather, Sir Edward Villiers (c
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1585-1626), master of the mint and president of Munster, was See also: half-See also: brother of See also: George Villiers, 1st duke of See also: Buckingham, and of Christopher Villiers, 1st earl of Anglesey; his See also: sister was See also: Elizabeth Villiers, the
See also: mistress of See also: William III., and after-wards countess of
See also: Orkney
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Villiers was knight-marshal of the royal See also: household in succession to his See also: father; master of theof See also: Ryswick; he was ambassador at the Hague, and after becoming an earl was ambassador in See also: Paris
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In 1699 he was made secretary of See also: state for the See also: southern department, and on three occasions he was one of the lords justices of See also: England
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In 1704 he was dismissed from office by See also: Anne, and after this event he was concerned in some of the Jacobite schemes
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He died on the 25th of See also: August 1711
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The 2nd earl was his son William (c
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1682-1721), an adherent of the exiled See also: house of See also: Stuart, and the 3rd earl was the latter's son William (d
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1769), who succeeded his kinsman See also: John
See also: Fitzgerald (c
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1692-1766) as 6th Viscount Grandison . The 3rd earl's son, George Bussy, the 4th earl (1735-1805), held several positions at theSee also: court of George III., and on account of his courtly See also: manners was called the " See also: prince of Maccaronies." The 4th earl's son, George, 5th earl of Jersey (1973-1859), one of the most celebrated See also: fox-hunters of his See also: time and a successful owner of racehorses, married Sarah See also: Sophia (1785-1867), daughter of John Fane, loth earl of See also: Westmorland, and granddaughter of Robert See also: Child, the banker
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She inherited her grandfather's See also: great See also: wealth, including his See also: interest in Child's See also: bank, and with her See also: husband took the name of Child-Villiers
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Since this time the connexions of the earls of Jersey with Child's bank has been maintained
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Victor See also: Albert George Child-Villiers (b
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1845) succeeded his father George See also: Augustus (1808-1859), 6th earl, who had only held the title for three See also: weeks, as 7th earl of Jersey in 1859
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This nobleman was governor of New See also: South See also: Wales from 1890 to 1893
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