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English peer and politician
The Earl of Jersey, with his sister, Mary,
Lady Lansdowne .
William Villers, 2nd Earl of Jersey (c. 1682
[1] – 13 July 1721
[2] ), known as Viscount Villiers from 1697 to 1711, was an
English peer and politician from the
Villiers family .
Jersey was the son of
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey and his wife Barbara, daughter of
William Chiffinch . He represented
Kent in the
House of Commons from 1705 to 1708.
[3] In 1711 he succeeded his father as earl.
During 1703 he travelled to Italy (Grand Tour) and he commissioned
Massimiliano Soldani Benzi a bronze medal.
[4]
On 22 March 1704, William married
Judith Herne , daughter of Frederick Herne and Elizabeth Lisle.
[5] They had three children:
References
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The Dictionary of National Biography . Macmillan Company. p. 326. Retrieved 28 February 2024 .
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Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . G. Woodfall. 1828. p. 140. Retrieved 28 February 2024 .
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"VILLIERS, William, Visct. Villiers (1682-1721), of Squerryes, nr. Westerham, Kent, and Golden Square, London" . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . Retrieved 28 February 2024 .
^ Ingamells, John (1997).
A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy, 1701-1800 . Yale University Press. p. 969.
ISBN
978-0-300-07165-8 . Retrieved 28 February 2024 .
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Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage . Burke's Peerage Limited. 1956. p. 1190. Retrieved 28 February 2024 .