William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey explained

The Earl of Jersey
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
Office:Earl of Jersey
Term Start:1721
Term End:1769
Predecessor:William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey
Successor:George Villiers
Office2:Viscount Grandison
Term Start2:1766
Term End2:1769
Predecessor2:John Villiers (1st creation)
Successor2:George Villiers
Birth Name:William Villiers
Death Date:28 August 1769
Nationality:English
Occupation:Politician
Spouse:Anne Russell, Dowager Duchess of Bedford
Father:William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey

William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey, 6th Viscount Grandison, (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 Bridgewater, and widow of Wriothesley Russell, 3rd Duke of Bedford. They had two sons, but only one survived them:

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

References

Notes and References

  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.