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The Right HonourableEdward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of ClarendonPC (February 11, 1846–October 2, 1914) was the son of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (January 12, 1800 - June 27, 1870), was an English diplomat and statesman. ...
He married firstly, Lady Caroline Agar, daughter of James Agar, 3rd Earl of Normanton, on 6 September1876. They had two children: September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
He married secondly, Emma Hatch, on 5 August1908. George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon (1877-1955) was a British Conservative politician who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1931 to 1937. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
She married Thomas Villiers (1709-1786), second son of the 2nd earl of Jersey, who served with distinction as English minister in Germany, and in 1776 the earldom of Clarendon was revived in his favour.
Villiers received the grand cross of the Bath in 1838 in acknowledgment of his services, and succeeded, on the death of his uncle, to the title of earl of Clarendon; in the following year, having left Madrid, he married Katharine, eldest daughter of James Walter, first earl of Verulam.
The result was due in the main to the confidence with which Lord Clarendon had inspired the emperor of the French, and to the affection and regard of the empress, whom he had known in Spain from her childhood.
GEORGE VILLIERS BUCKINGHAM, 1ST Duke Of 1 (1592-1628), English statesman, born in August 1592, 2 was a younger son of Sir George Villiers of Brooksby.
The appearance of Villiers, beaming with animal spirits and good humour, was therefore welcomed by all who had an interest in opposing the designs of Spain, and he was appointed cupbearer the same year.
But on the 23rd of April 1615, Villiers, in spite of Somerset, was promoted to be gentleman of the bedchamber, and was knighted on the 24th; the charge of murdering Overbury, brought against Somerset in September, completed his downfall, and Villiers at once stepped into the place which he had vacated.
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