Biography of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey 1735-1805

On 22nd April 1725 Wriothesley Russell 3rd Duke Bedford (age 16) and [his mother] Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford were married. She by marriage Duchess Bedford. She was the step-daughter of his sister Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater (age 18). She the daughter of [his grandfather] Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater (age 43) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater. He the son of Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford and Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford. They were sixth cousins.

On 23rd June 1733 [his father] William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey (age 26) and [his mother] Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford were married. She by marriage Countess Jersey. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater (age 51) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater. He the son of [his grandfather] William Villiers 2nd Earl Jersey. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 9th June 1735 George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey was born to [his father] William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey (age 28) and [his mother] Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford.

In 1762 [his mother] Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford died.

On 14th May 1766 John Fitzgerald Villiers 1st Earl Grandison (age 82) died. His second cousin once removed [his father] William (age 59) succeeded 6th Viscount Grandison.

On 28th August 1769 [his father] William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey (age 62) died. His son George (age 34) succeeded 4th Earl Jersey, 7th Viscount Grandison, 4th Viscount Villiers, 4th Baron Villiers.

In March 1770 George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 34) and Frances Twysden (age 17) were married. She just past her 17th birthday, he twice her age. He the son of William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey and Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford.

In 1771 [his daughter] Charlotte Anne Villiers was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 35) and [his wife] Frances Twysden (age 17). She married 11th July 1789 her fifth cousin once removed William Russell and had issue.

In 1772 [his daughter] Anne Barbara Frances Villiers was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 36) and [his wife] Frances Twysden (age 18). She married (1) 1791 William Henry Lambton and had issue (2) 1801 her fifth cousin Charles William Wyndham, son of Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont.

On 19th August 1773 [his son] George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 38) and [his wife] Frances Twysden (age 20). He married 23rd May 1804 Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey, daughter of John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland, and had issue.

On 16th December 1774 [his daughter] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 39) and [his wife] Frances Twysden (age 21). She married (1) 5th July 1795 Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey, son of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge, and had issue (2) 19th December 1810 George William Campbell 6th Duke Argyll, son of John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll and Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll.

In 1779 [his daughter] Sarah Villiers was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 43) and [his wife] Frances Twysden (age 25).

In 1780 [his son] William Augustus Henry Vernon was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 44) and [his wife] Frances Twysden (age 26).

In 1786 [his daughter] Frances Elizabeth Villiers Viscountess Ponsonby was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 50) and [his wife] Frances Twysden (age 32). She married 13th January 1803 John Ponsonby 1st Viscount Ponsonby, son of William Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly in County Cork and Louisa Molesworth Countess Fitzwilliam.

In 1788 [his daughter] Harriet Villiers was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 52) and [his wife] Frances Twysden (age 34). She married 1806 her fifth cousin once removed Bishop Richard Bagot, son of William Bagot 1st Baron Bagot and Elizabeth St John Baroness Bagot, and had issue.

On 11th July 1789 [his son-in-law] William Russell (age 21) and [his daughter] Charlotte Anne Villiers (age 18) were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 54) and [his wife] Frances Twysden (age 36). They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

In 1791 [his son-in-law] William Henry Lambton (age 27) and [his daughter] Anne Barbara Frances Villiers (age 19) were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 55) and [his wife] Frances Twysden (age 37).

In 1795 George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 59) was appointed Master of the Horse to the Prince of Wales, the future King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 32).

On 5th July 1795 [his son-in-law] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 27) and [his daughter] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 20) were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 60) and [his wife] Frances Twysden (age 42). He the son of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 51) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 53).

In 1801 [his son-in-law] Charles William Wyndham (age 40) and [his daughter] Anne Barbara Frances Villiers (age 29) were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 65) and [his wife] Frances Twysden (age 47). He the son of Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont. They were fifth cousins.

On 13th January 1803 [his son-in-law] John Ponsonby 1st Viscount Ponsonby (age 33) and [his daughter] Frances Elizabeth Villiers Viscountess Ponsonby (age 17) were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 67) and [his wife] Frances Twysden (age 49). He the son of William Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly in County Cork (age 58) and Louisa Molesworth Countess Fitzwilliam (age 54).

On 23rd May 1804 [his son] George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 19) were married at Berkeley Square, Mayfair. She the daughter of John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland (age 44) and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 68) and [his wife] Frances Twysden (age 51).

On 22nd August 1805 George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 70) died. His son George (age 32) succeeded 5th Earl Jersey, 8th Viscount Grandison, 5th Viscount Villiers, 5th Baron Villiers. [his daughter-in-law] Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 20) by marriage Countess Jersey.

On 25th July 1821 [his former wife] Frances Twysden (age 68) died in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. She was buried in the Villiers Vault, All Saints' Church, Middleton Stoney.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Villiers was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey and Frances Twysden.

[his daughter] Georgiana Villiers was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey and Frances Twysden.

Adeline Horsey Recollections. I remember often meeting Lady Charlotte Cadogan, who ran away with Lord Anglesey; they lived together for some years until [his daughter] Lady Anglesey divorced her husband, and he was free to marry Lady Charlotte. Lady Anglesey, who was a daughter of the Earl of Jersey, afterwards married the sixth Duke of Argyll, but she was a great invalid and quite a cripple during the latter part of her life.