Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Postmaster General | |
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| In office 1763–1765 | |
| Prime Minister | George Grenville |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Egmont |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Bessborough |
| In office 1786 – his death | |
| Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Tankerville |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Walsingham |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| In office 1771–1782 | |
| Prime Minister | The Lord North |
| Preceded by | The Lord Strange |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Ashburton |
| In office 1783–1786 | |
| Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Derby |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Hawkesbury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1709 |
| Died | (aged 76/77) Lady Charlotte Capell |
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| Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Politician and diplomat |
Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon,
Clarendon was the second son of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey, and his wife Judith Herne, daughter of Frederick Herne.
Political career
Villiers received his education at Eton College and then Queens' College, Cambridge.[1] Following his graduation, he became a diplomat.
Villiers became the British envoy to both the
Villiers was also involved in domestic politics as a member of the
He was a
On 3 June 1756, the barony of Hyde held by his wife's ancestors the Earls of Clarendon was revived. Villiers was raised to the peerage as Baron Hyde of Hindon in the County of Wiltshire.
Hyde served as
On 14 June 1776 the earldom of Clarendon, which had become extinct with the death of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon in 1753, was revived and Hyde was made Earl of Clarendon. In 1782 he was also made a Baron of the Kingdom of Prussia, an honour which he received Royal licence to use in Kingdom of Great Britain.
Clarendon returned to the office of Postmaster-General in commission with Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret, in September 1786. This was to be his final political assignment.
Lord Clarendon died in December 1786, aged 77. He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son Thomas.
Family
On 30 March 1752 he married Charlotte Capell, daughter of William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex, and his wife Jane Hyde, daughter of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon (of the 1661 creation) and Jane Leveson-Gower. They had four children:
- Thomas Villiers, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (25 December 1753 – 7 March 1824).
- John Villiers, 3rd Earl of Clarendon (14 November 1757 – 22 December 1838).[2]
- George Villiers (23 November 1759 – 21 March 1827). Father of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon.
- Lady Charlotte Barbara Villiers (27 March 1761 – 9 April 1810).
He bought and remodelled The Grove, a country house near Watford, Hertfordshire.
References
- ^ "Villiers, Thomas (VLRS728T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760. 7 December 1757.
External links
- His profile in the Peerage.com
- Burke's Peerage
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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