| George Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey | |
| Office1: | Member of Parliament for Cirencester |
| Term1: | 1844-1852 |
| Office2: | Member of Parliament for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis |
| Term2: | 1837-1842 |
| Office3: | Member of Parliament for Honiton |
| Term3: | 1832-1835 |
| Office4: | Member of Parliament for Minehead |
| Term4: | 1832-1832 |
| Office5: | Member of Parliament for Rochester |
| Term5: | 1830-1831 |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 1808 |
| Father: | George Child Villiers |
| Mother: | Sarah Fane |
| Children: | 3, including Victor |
| Relatives: | Villiers family |
George Augustus Frederick Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey (4 April 1808 – 24 October 1859), styled Viscount Villiers until 1859, was an English peer and politician from the Villiers family.
Villiers was born on 4 April 1808 in London, the son of George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey, by Lady Sarah Fane.[1] [2]
He sat as Member of Parliament for Rochester from 1830 to 1831, for Minehead from 1831 from 1832, for Honiton from 1832 to 1835, for Weymouth & Melcome Regis from 1837 to 1842 and for Cirencester from 1844 to 1852.[1]
He served as a Lord-in-waiting to the Duchess of Cambridge at the 1838 coronation of Queen Victoria. [3]
Lord Jersey married Julia Peel (d. 1893), daughter of the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel, on 12 July 1841.[1] They had three children:[1] [2]
He succeeded in the earldom on the death of his father on 3 October 1859 but only held the title until his own death of tuberculosis three weeks later,[5] in Brighton on 24 October 1859,[1] and was buried in Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire.[6] [1]
Lady Jersey married Charles Brandling on 12 September 1865.[7]