George Herbert Hyde Villiers (1877 - 1955)

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Died 13 Dec 1955 at age 78 in Chelsea, London, England

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George Villiers was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

He was the son of Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon and Lady Caroline Elizabeth Agar.^[1]He was born on the 7th of June 1877 at 31 Upper Brook Street, London, England.^[2][3]

He married the Hon. Adeline Verena Ishbel Cocks, daughter of Blanche Margaret Standish Clogstoun and Herbert Haldane Somers Cocks on the 5th of August 1905 at Trinity Church, Sloane Street, Chelsea, London, England.^[2][4]

He served as the 5th Governor-General to the Union of South Africa between 1931 and 1937.^[5]

He died on the 13th of December 1955 at the age of 78^[1]at Chelsea, London, England.^[6]

Titles

• 6th Earl of Clarendon [G.B., 1776] on 2 October 1914.^[1]
• 6th Baron Hyde of Hindon, co. Wilts [G.B., 1756] on 2 October 1914.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 1, page 803.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 272.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X61-1WS : 1 October 2014), George Herbert H Villiers, 1877; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:267L-HZW : 13 December 2014), George H H Villiers, 1905; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1905, quarter 3, vol. 1A, p. 911, Chelsea, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ Wikipedia: Governor-Generals of South Africa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General_of_South_Africa
6. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCD-RWSC : 4 September 2014), George H H Villiers, 1955; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Chelsea, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27Z-PT3L : 18 August 2016), George H Lord Hyde Villiers in household of Caroline Eth Countess Of Clarendan Vi ?, Watford, Hertfordshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 4, Piece/Folio 1438/47, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,601.
• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W8JD-QN2 : 15 October 2015), George Herbert Villiers in household of Edward Hyde Villiers, Watford, Hertfordshire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Hertfordshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• Wikipedia, 6th Earl of Clarendon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Villiers,_6th_Earl_of_Clarendon
• The Home of the Clarendons: http://rastall.com/grove/clarendons.html
• The Peerage, George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon: http://www.thepeerage.com/p5751.htm#c57506.2