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unusual facts about Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon


Edward Villiers

Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon (1846–1914), English political figure, son of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870); House of Lords (1870–1914)


Edward Villiers

Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey (1656–1711), English courtier, diplomat and Lord Justice; son of Edward Villiers (1620–1689)

Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey

# William Villiers (c. 1682 - 13 July 1721)

Villiers was Knight Marshal to the royal household in succession to his father; Master of the Horse to Queen Mary; and Lord Chamberlain to William III and Queen Anne.

Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon

Four of his uncles James, Edward, Robert and Francis Grimston all played first-class cricket, as did his cousin Walter Grimston.

During this period the club won three Herts Senior Cups in four years, not entering it in the other year.

Giles Mompesson

Another daughter of John St. John (and thus Mompesson's sister-in-law) married Edward Villiers, the half-brother of George Villiers, and Mompesson's connection to George Villiers was the key to his later despotism.

Richard Power, 1st Earl of Tyrone

Catherine Fitzgerald continued to live for a time under charge of Tyrone's father-in-law, Lord Anglesey, but on Easter eve 1677 she left his house, and was married the same day to Edward Villiers, eldest son of George Villiers, 4th Viscount Grandison.


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