Francis Child Villiers Explained

Francis Child Villiers
Office1:Member of Parliament for Rochester
Term1:1852-1856
Party:Conservative Party
Birth Date:11 October 1819
Father:George Child Villiers
Mother:Lady Sarah Fane
Relatives:George Child Villiers (brother)
Sarah Child-Villiers (sister)

The Honourable Francis John Robert Child Villiers (11 October 1819 – 8 May 1862)was a British Conservative Party politician.

Child Villiers was the fourth son of George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey, by his wife Lady Sarah Fane. He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Rochester in Kent at the 1852 general election[1] and resigned through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 22 November 1855.[2]

Villiers was appointed a Steward of the Jockey Club in 1853.[3] In 1855 he left the country, with £100,000 of betting debts unpaid.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Craig, F. W. S. . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 2nd . 1989 . F. W. S. Craig . First published 1977 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 258 . 0-900178-26-4.
  2. Web site: Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850 . Department of Information Services . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110206041753/http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf . 14 January 2010 . 13 August 2010 . 6 February 2011.
  3. Book: Weatherby, Charles and James . 1854 . THE RACING CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1854. RACES TO COME. VOLUME THE EIGHTY-SECOND . . xxxviii.
  4. Book: Birley, Derek . 1993 . Sport and the Making of Britain . Manchester University Press . 229 . 978-071903759-7.