George Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey

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George Augustus Frederick Child-Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey (April 4, 1808 – October 24, 1859), was an English peer, the son of George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey.

He was Member of Parliament for Rochester from 1830–1831, Minehead 1831–1832, Honiton 1832–1835, Weymouth & Melcome Regis 1837–1842 and Cirencester 1844–1852.

He married Julia Peel, daughter of the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel, on 12 July 1841. They had two children:

• Julia Sarah Alice Child-Villiers (d. 1921)
• Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey (1845–1915)

[edit] Honours and Offices

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Dundas (later Viscount Melville) Ralph Bernal	Member of Parliament for Rochester 2-seat constituency (with Ralph Bernal) 1830–1831	Succeeded by John Mills Ralph Bernal
Preceded by John Fownes Luttrell William Edward Tomline	Member of Parliament for Minehead 2-seat constituency (with John Fownes Luttrell) 1831–1832	Succeeded by disenfranchised 1832
Preceded by Sir George Warrender, Bt Henry Baines Lott	Member of Parliament for Honiton 2-seat constituency (with James Ruddell-Todd) 1832–1835	Succeeded by Hugh Duncan Baillie Arthur Chichester
Preceded by Thomas Fowell Buxton William Wharton Burden	Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 2-seat constituency (with George William Hope) 1837–1842	Succeeded by Ralph Bernal William Dougal Christie
Preceded by William Cripps Thomas William Chester-Master	Member of Parliament for Cirencester 2-seat constituency (with William Cripps (until 1848) and Joseph Randolph Mullings (from 1848)) 1844–1852	Succeeded by Ashley George John Ponsonby Joseph Randolph Mullings
Peerage of England
Preceded by George Child-Villiers	Earl of Jersey 1859 (only 3 weeks)	Succeeded by Victor Child-Villiers