William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey

William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey, 6th Viscount Grandison, PC (died 28 August 1769) was an English peer and politician from the Villiers family.

Life

He was the son of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey.^[1] Among other achievements, Villiers was a founding Governor of the Foundling Hospital, a charity which received its royal charter on 17 October 1739 to operate an orphanage for abandoned children in London.

On 23 June 1733, he married Anne Russell, Dowager Duchess of Bedford (c. 1704/1709 – 1762). She was the daughter of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgwater, and widow of Wriothesley Russell, 3rd Duke of Bedford. They had two sons, but only one survived them:

Frederick William Villiers, Viscount Villiers (25 March 1734 – before 11 October 1742)
George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey (1735–1805)

He commissioned the building of the previous Middleton Park, in Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire.

References

^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 2096.

thepeerage.com Retrieved 5 September 2009: William Villiers, 3rd Earl of the Island of Jersey

Legal offices
Preceded by The Lord Cornwallis	Justice in Eyre south of the Trent 1740 – 1746	Succeeded by The Earl of Halifax
Peerage of England
Preceded by William Villiers	Earl of Jersey 1721 – 1769	Succeeded by George Villiers
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by John Villiers	Viscount Grandison 1st creation 1766 – 1769	Succeeded by George Villiers

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[1] Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 2096.

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