508 HERA 
Residences. —Groom Court in the county of Wor- 
eefter.—Town-houl'e, Piccadilly. 
Armorial Bearings. —:See theannexed Engraving. 
MoTTO.—Cuntt et conjianter. —“ Sincere and con- 
ftant.” 
VILLIERS, EARL OF JERSEY. 
GEORGE VILLIERS, Earl of JERSEY, Vif- 
■ count Villiers, of Dartford, Baron of Hoo, in Kent ; 
and Vifcount Grandifon, in Ireland ; born Augult 19, 
X773 ; fucceeded his father the late earl, Augult 22, 
1805; married May 23, 1804, lady Sarah.-Sophia Fane, 
eldelt daughter of John earl of Weftmoreland. 
The family of Villiers is defcended from the lords of 
Lifle Adam in Normandy, who came to England with 
William the Conqueror. Sir Nicholas de Villiers, in 
the reign of Edward I. diftinguilhed himfelf in the wars 
of Paleftine, and all'umed the arms which are dill borne 
by the earl of Jerley. George Villiers, in the reign of 
queen Elizabeth, had iflue, 1. William, created a ba¬ 
ronet by James I. July 19, 1619, which became extiufl 
February'27,.1711. 2. Edward. By a fecond marriage 
with Mary, daughter of Anthony Beaumont, of Glen- 
held, in the county of Leiceder, efquire, which lady 
was created, in 1608, countefs of Buckingham for life^ 
he alfo had iflue, 1. John, created in 1609 baron Vil¬ 
liers of Stoke in the county of Buckingham, and vif- 
count Purbeck in the county of Dorfet; which titles 
became extinct February 18, 1657. 2. George. 3. 
Chi idopher, created, September 24, 1623, baron of Da- 
ventry in the county of Northampton, and earl of An- 
glelea ; which titles alfo became extintt in 1659. 
George, fecond fon of George Villiers, by Mary his fe¬ 
cond wife, becamea great favourite withjames I. He was 
fucceffively created, Augult 27, 1616, baron of Whad- 
don, arid vifcount Villiers ; January 5, 1617, earl, and 
January 1, 1618, marquis of Buckingham; and May 18, 
1623, earl of Coventry, and duke of Buckingham. He 
was condituted in 1616, mafter of the horfe to the king; 
and January 30, 1618, lord high admiral of England. 
He was impeached by the fird parliament of Charles I, 
and, defirous to recover the popular favour, he under¬ 
took an expedition, as admiral of the fleet and com¬ 
mander in chief of the land-forces, againd the illand of 
Rliee, in 1627, in which he mifcarried. He was 
aflaflinated by John Felton, a lieutenant in the army, 
in the thirty-Iixth year of his age, Augud 23, 1628. 
George, fecond duke of Buckingham, his fon, and 
lord Francis, his brother, ventured their lives and for¬ 
tunes for the deliverance of Charles I. from confinement..; 
in which undertaking lord Francis Villiers was killed. 
The duke of Buckingham attended Charles II.- in his 
expedition into Scotland; and diftinguilhed himfelf in 
the battle of Worceder, September 3, 1661 ; and after 
the defeat efcaped to the continent. Returning to Eng¬ 
land, after the reftoration, he was appointed mailer of 
the horfe to Charles II. and died April 16, 16-87. Ed¬ 
ward, fecond fon of George Villiers by his fird mar¬ 
riage, was appointed, March 10, 1622, prelident of the 
province of Munder in Ireland;-where he conduced 
himfelf with conliderable reputation, and died Septem¬ 
ber 7, 1626. He married Barbara, daughter of fir John 
Saint John, of Lidiard Tregofe, in .the county of Wilts, 
and niece to fir Oliver Saint John, created January 3, 
1620, vifcount Grandifon of Limerick in Ireland,, with 
remainder to the male ilfue of fir Edward Villiers and 
Barbara his wife. Their iflue were, 1. William., fecond 
lord vifcount Grandifon. 2. John, third lord viicount 
Grandifon. 3. George, fourth lord vifcount Grandi¬ 
fon. 4. Edward. Oliver, firit lord vifcount Grandifon, 
died in 1630. 
William, fecond lord vifcount Grandifon, entered 
into the army of-Charles I. and was killed at the fiege 
of Briftol July 26, 1643. He was father of Barbara, cre¬ 
ated by Charles II, Auguft 3, 1670, baronefs of Non- 
LDRY, 
fuch in the county of Surrey, countefs of Southampton,, 
and duchefs of Cleveland, with remainder-to her eldefl 
fon. She bore to that monarch, j. Charles, duke of 
Cleveland and Southampton, which titles became ex¬ 
tinct in 1773. 3 - Henry, duke of Grafton. 3. George, 
duke of Northumberland, which title became extinft in 
1726. 4. Anne, married 10 Thomas Lennard, lord Da- 
cre, created earl of Suffix. 5. Charlotte, married to 
fir Edward Henry Lee, of Ditchley in the county "of 
Oxford, baronet, created earl -of Litchfield. Roger 
Palmer, the hulband of the duchefs of Cleveland, was 
created, in 1661, earl of Caftleinain in the kingdom of 
Ireland. Her grace died in 1709. 
George, fourth lord vifcount Grandifon, was grand¬ 
father of John fifth, lord vifcount Grandifon, who was 
created September 11, 1721, earl Grandifon of Lime¬ 
rick in the kingdom of Ireland, and had iflue Elizabeth, 
created, April 10, 1746, vifcountefs Grandifon, of Dro- 
mana, in the kingdom of Ireland ; and December 20, 
1766, countefs of Grandifon. Upon her death in June 
1782, flie was fucceeded iq her titles by George, pre- 
fent earl of Grandifon, her fqn; and upon the death of 
John, firit earl Grandifon, her father, hi 1766, the title 
of earl Grandifon, of Limerick, became extiqiSt; and 
that of vifcount Grandifon, defcended to William, third 
earl of Jerfey. 
Edward, fourth fon of Edward prefident of Munfter, 
adhered to the royal party in the civil war, and was 
wounded in tl’.e battle of Newbury, September 20, 1643. 
Edward, his fon, accompanied the prince of Orange, 
afterwards king William the third, in the expedition of 
i688, and was by that monarch created baron Villiers 
ot Hoo, and vifcount Villiers of Dartford, and foon af¬ 
ter earl/of Jerfey. He was one of the plenipotentiaries 
lor concluding the treaty of Ryfwick, in 1697, after which 
he was appointed ambaffkdor extraordinary and minifter 
plenipotentiary to the republic of the United Provinces, 
and ill the following year exchanged that employment 
for the office of ambaflador extraordinary to the court 
of France; and, in 1702, was appointed lord chamber- 
lain of the houfehould. He married Barbara, daughter 
of William Chiffinch, efq. and had iflTue, William, fe¬ 
cond earl; Henry, who died May 1743 ; and Mary, 
married to Thomas Thynne, efq. by whom (he was mo¬ 
ther of Thomas, fecond vifcount Weymouth ; and was, 
fe.condly, the wife of George' Granville lord Lanl- 
dow'ne, and died in January 1735. The earl died Au¬ 
gult 26, 1711, and was lucce'eded by his only fon, Wil¬ 
liam, fecond earl; who married Judith, only daughter 
of Frederic Herne, efq. and by her had. lfliie, two ions : 
William, third earl; Thomas, created earl of Clarendon; 
and Barbara, who married, firit, to fir Edward Black¬ 
ett, of Newcaftle upon Tyne, bart. and, fecondly, to 
Bufl'ey Manfej, uncle to Thomas lord Manfel ; and, 
thirdly, to George Venables, lord Vernon. The earl 
died July 13, 1721, and was fucceeded by his fon, Wil¬ 
liam, the third earl, who, in 1740, was appointed chief 
j u ft ice in eyre fouth of Trent; and married Anne Eger- 
ton, daughter of the.firit duke of - Bridgewater, and re¬ 
lict of Wriothefley, third duke of Bedford, and nad ilfue 
William, who died in Oiftober 1742, and George-Bulfey,. 
the fourth earl. . The earl died Augult 28, 1769, and. 
was fucceeded by Iris only fon, George-Buflcy, the fourth 
earl; born June 9, 173,5; married,, March 6, 1770,, 
Frances, daughter and heir of Dr. Pniiip Tw-ifden, bi~ 
(hop of Raphoe, in Ireland, by whom he had ilfue, 1. 
Charlotte,, born May 2, 1771 ; married to lord William 
Rulieli, brother ot John duke ofBedford,: and has ilfue. 
2. Anna-Barbara-Fradces, boi n March 22, 1772; mar¬ 
ried, fii It, to ■.YilliamTJenry I.ambton, efq. and-by hi#n 
(who djed November 30, 1797} had ilfue ; and, fecond- 
iy, to the honourable Charles Wyndham, ion of Charles, 
fecond earl of Egremorit. 3. George, prefent earl. 4. 
Carolino-El izabe th, married to lord Paget, fon of Hen¬ 
ry earl of Uxbridge. 5.. Georgiana, died young. 
