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Sir Edward Villiers

• References:
  • CLARENDON in [Burkes Peerage]

Sir Edward Villiers (see here), born est c.1585,
President of Munster province, Ireland, 1622-6,
died 1626, having had issue:

1. William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison
   (succeeded to his mother's family title), born est c.1610,
   died 1643, age est c.33 yrs, bur Christ Church, Oxford, having had issue:
   1. Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (see here), born 1641,
      mistress of Charles II and had issue by him.
      See images at [NPG].

2. George Villiers, 4th Viscount Grandison, had issue:
   1. Edward Villiers,
      mar 1676 to Catherine Fitzgerald [descendant of Edward I],
      adopted surname Fitzgerald, had issue:
      1. Harriet Fitzgerald, born est c.1685, mar Robert Pitt and had issue.

3. Sir Edward Villiers, Kt, had issue:
   1. Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey
      [ancestor of Earls of Jersey and Earls of Clarendon].

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• George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 1847-52. Clarendon St, Dublin, is not named after him, but rather after Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon of an earlier creation.