George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey

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George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey PC (June 9, 1735August 22, 1805, Tunbridge Wells) was an English peer, the son of William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey and Lady Anne Egerton.

His maternal grandparents were Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater and his second wife Rachel Russell. Rachel was a daughter of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford and his wife Elizabeth Howland.

He married Frances Twysden, on 26 March 1770 at St Martin's-in-the-Fields and they had seven children:

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by:
Andrew Wilkinson
Member of Parliament
for Aldborough

1765–1768
Succeeded by:
Andrew Wilkinson
Political offices
Preceded by:
Lord William Finch
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1765–1769
Succeeded by:
Hon. Thomas Robinson
Preceded by:
The Viscount Bateman
Master of the Buckhounds
1782–1783
Succeeded by:
Viscount Hinchingbrooke
Honorary Titles
Preceded by:
Lord Townshend
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms
1783
Succeeded by:
Lord Townshend
Peerage of England
Preceded by:
William Villiers
Earl of Jersey
1769–1805
Succeeded by:
George Child-Villiers

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