Henry Villiers

Henry Montagu Villiers (4 January 1813 – 9 August 1861) was a British clergyman of the Church of England.

Life

He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating M.A. in 1837, and became vicar of Kenilworth in that year rector of St. George's Church, Bloomsbury in 1841. He was a Doctor of Divinity and Bishop of Carlisle in 1856, and Bishop of Durham from 1860 to 1861.^[1]

Family

He was the son of George Villiers and Theresa Parker, and grandson of the 1st Earl of Clarendon. He received a Royal Warrant of Precedence in 1839 entitling him to the rank of an earl's son.

Marriage

On 30 January 1837, he married Amelia Maria Hulton, daughter of William Hulton. They had six children:

• Henry Montagu Villiers (13 November 1837 - 9 September 1908). Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral. Married first Lady Victoria Russell, daughter of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. Married secondly Charlotte Louisa Emily Cadogan, granddaughter of both George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan and Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey.
• Frederick Ernest Villiers (16 November 1840 - 14 October 1922). Major of the Hertfordshire Imperial Yeomanry cavalry force.
• Gertrude Fanny Villiers (d. 31 December 1906). Married Berkeley Paget, a great-grandson of Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge.
• Amy Maria Villiers (d. 20 October 1934). Married Edward Cheese, a Reverend.
• Mary Agneta Villiers (d. 22 May 1935). Married James Hughes Cooper, a Reverend.
• Evelyn Theresa Villiers (29 December 1943).

References

• "thePeerage". http://www.thepeerage.com/p4971.htm#i49704. Retrieved 2006-12-25. 
• A listing of his descendants
•  "Villiers, Henry Montagu". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 

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