George Child Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey
The Earl of Jersey | |
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Personal details | |
Born | George Francis Child-Villiers February 15, 1910 |
Died | August 9, 1998 | (aged 88)
Nationality | British |
Spouses | Patricia Richards
(m. 1932; div. 1937)Bianca Luciana Adriana Mottironi
(m. 1947) |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | William Child-Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey (grandson) Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 7th Earl of Minto (grandson) |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
George Francis Child-Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey (15 February 1910 – 9 August 1998), was an
Early life
He was the son of
His paternal grandparents were
He was educated at Eton College before attending Christ Church, Oxford.[3]
Career
Upon the death of his father at
He fought in
The 9th Earl was responsible for the remodelling of the family seat,
Personal life
Lord Jersey was married three times and twice divorced. He married his first wife, Patricia Richards (1914–2017) at St Margaret's, Westminster on 12 January 1932. She was the only child of Kenneth Richards, of Cowcumbala, New South Wales, Australia.[6] Before the Countess obtained a divorce from him in London in 1937,[7] they were the parents of one child:[2]
- Lady Caroline Child-Villiers (b. 1934),[8] who married Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl of Minto in 1952. They divorced in 1965 and she married Hon. John Douglas Stuart (second son of James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart), in 1969. They also divorced and she married Hon. James Donald Diarmid Ogilvy (son of David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie) in 1980.[2]
A week after his divorce was finalized, Lord Jersey married American actress
His third and last wife was Bianca Luciana Adriana Mottironi (d. 2005), whom he married on 16 October 1947.[12] She was the eldest daughter of furniture maker Enrico Mottironi of Via Goffredo Casalis in Turin, Italy. They had three children:[2]
- George Henry Child Villiers, Viscount Villiers(1948–1998), who married on 22 December 1969 Verna P. Stott; divorced 1973, with children. Married on 9 January 1974 Sacha Jane Hooper Valpy; divorced 1988, with children. Married in 1992 Stephanie Louisa Penman, with children.
- Lady Isabel Bianca Rosa Child-Villiers (b. 1950), married Peter Edward Harrison in 1974.
- Hon. Charles Victor Child-Villiers (1952–1991), married Brigitte Elisabeth Germaine Marchand, in 1975. They divorced in 1989,[13] before he lost his hearing suddenly and died in 1991, aged just 39.
Lord Jersey moved to Radier Manor in Jersey, where he lived with his third wife until his death on 9 August 1998. As his eldest son
Notes and references
- ^ "LADY JOAN VILLIERS TO WED.; Daughter of Late Earl of Jersey Betrothed to David Colville". The New York Times. 15 November 1932. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Jersey, Earl of (E, 1697)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ a b c Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. pg. 2097.
- ^ "Earl of Jersey Dead". The New York Times. 1 January 1924. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "12th January 1895. A Trust for the Nation". dailybritain.wordpress.com. A Date with History. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ TIMES, Wireless to THE NEW YORK (13 January 1932). "EARL OF JERSEY WEDS AUSTRALIAN; Patricia Richards Attended by Nine Bridesmaids at St. Margaret's, Westminster. NEW YORK GIRL IN PARTY She Is Miss Lucille Browne -- Oxfordshire Villagers a Contrast to Fashionable Contingent". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Divorces Earl of Jersey". The New York Times. 12 January 1937. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Lady Caroline Child-Villiers - Country Life Society Portrait May 02 1952". Ebid. Country Life.
- ^ "Earl to Wed Virginia Cherrill". The New York Times. 20 July 1937. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "VIRGINIA CHERRILL MARRIED TO EARL; Movie Actress Is Wed to Lord Jersey in Register Office in London". The New York Times. 31 July 1937. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Pace, Eric (18 November 1996). "Virginia Cherrill, 88, Actress in 30's Films, Including 'City Lights' (Published 1996)". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "EARL OF JERSEY TO WED; Will Marry Bianca M. Mottirini, Daughter of Furniture Maker". The New York Times. 23 August 1947. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Brigitte Elisabeth Germaine Marchand[permanent dead link]
Sources
- Obituaries for the Dowager Countess of Jersey. The Times 16 March 2005, and The Daily Telegraph 16 March 2005
- Official notice of the Royal Warrant dated 5 June 2000, published 18 September 2000 in the London Gazettefor the elevation in rank, style, and precedence of the 10th Earl's three sisters, but not his half-brother.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Jersey
- Michael Rhodes. "Dowager Countess of Jersey, widow of the 9th Earl" Usenet group uk.people.dead, 17 March 2005.