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JERSEY, EARLS OF

JERSEY, EARLS OF . See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

EDWARD

Edward See also:

VILLIERS, CHARLES PELHAM (1802-1898)

Villiers (c. 1656-1711), son of Sir Edward Villiers (162o-1689), of See also:

Richmond, See also:

Surrey, was created See also:

Baron Villiers and See also:

VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount Villiers in 1691 and See also:

EARL

earl of Jersey in 1697. His grandfather, Sir Edward Villiers (c. 1585-1626), See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

mint and See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of See also:

Munster, was See also:

HALF

half-See also:

BROTHER

brother of See also:

George Villiers, 1st See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

Buckingham, and of See also:

CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher Villiers, 1st earl of See also:

Anglesey; his See also:

SISTER

sister was See also:

Elizabeth Villiers, the See also:

MISTRESS

mistress of See also:

William III., and after-wards countess of See also:

Orkney. Villiers was See also:

knight-See also:

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal of the royal See also:

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household in See also:

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to his See also:

FATHER

father; master of theof See also:

RYSWICK, TREATY OF

Ryswick; he was See also:

AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador at the See also:

HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague, and after becoming an earl was ambassador in See also:

Paris. In 1699 he was made secretary of See also:

state for the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department, and on three occasions he was one of the lords justices of See also:

England. In 1704 he was dismissed from See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office by See also:

Anne, and after this event he was concerned in some of the Jacobite schemes. He died on the 25th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1711. The 2nd earl was his son William (c. 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. 1769), who succeeded his kinsman See also:

John See also:

1692-1766) as 6th Viscount Grandison. The 3rd earl's son, George See also:

BUSSY, ROGER DE RABUTIN, COMTE DE (1618–1693)

Bussy, the 4th earl (1735-1805), held several positions at the See also:

court of George III., and on See also:

account of his courtly See also:

MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

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 (1630-1714)

Sophia (1785-1867), daughter of John Fane, loth earl of See also:

Westmorland, and granddaughter of See also:

Robert See also:

Child, the banker. She inherited her grandfather's See also:

GREAT

great See also:

WEALTH

wealth, including his See also:

INTEREST

interest in Child's See also:

BANK

bank, and with her See also:

HUSBAND

husband took the name of Child-Villiers. Since this time the connexions of the earls of Jersey with Child's bank has been maintained. See also:

Victor See also:

Albert George Child-Villiers (b. 1845) succeeded his father George See also:

AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus (1808-1859), 6th earl, who had only held the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title for three See also:

WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks, as 7th earl of Jersey in 1859. This nobleman was See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of New See also:

South See also:

WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales from 1890 to 1893.

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