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George Henry Robert Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey DL (2 June 1873 – 31 December 1923), was a British peer and Conservative politician from the Villiers family. [1] Villiers was the son of Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, [2] and the Honourable Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of William Henry Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh .
A member of the prominent Villiers family, he was the grandson of Sir Edward Villiers, brother of Sir William Villiers, 1st Baronet, of Brooksby, and half-brother of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey and John Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck.
They had four children together: George Francis; Joan; Edward Mansel; and Ann. The 8th Earl of Jersey died on 31 December 1923, at the age of 50. His eldest son George Francis Child-Villiers succeeded to his title, becoming the 9th Earl of Jersey.
Alma mater. Christ Church, Oxford. George Francis Child-Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey (15 February 1910 – 9 August 1998), was an English peer and banker from the Villiers family. Lord Jersey gave one of the family seats, Osterley Park, to the British nation in the late 1940s.
George Henry Robert Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey DL (2 June 1873 – 31 December 1923), was a British peer and Conservative politician from the Villiers family.
VILLIERS, GEORGE CHILD-, fifth Earl of Jersey and eighth Viscount Grandison (1773–1859), born at Middleton Park on 19 Aug. 1773, was elder son of George Bussy Villiers, fourth earl [q. v.] He was educated at Harrow, and graduated M.A. from St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1794.
George Henry Robert Child Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey (2 June 1873 – 31 December 1923), was a British peerage and Conservative politician. Villiers was the son of Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, and the Honourable Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of William Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh.
