Biography of George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon 1877-1955

On 6th September 1876 [his father] Edward Villiers 5th Earl Clarendon (age 30) and [his mother] Caroline Elizabeth Agar Countess Clarendon (age 19) were married at Harbridge, Someroy. She by marriage Countess Clarendon. She the daughter of [his grandfather] James Charles Agar 3rd Earl Normanton (age 57) and [his grandmother] Caroline Susan Augusta Barrington Countess Normanton (age 41). He the son of [his grandfather] George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon and [his grandmother] Katherine Grimston Countess Clarendon. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 7th June 1877 George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon was born to Edward Villiers 5th Earl Clarendon (age 31) and Caroline Elizabeth Agar Countess Clarendon (age 20) at 31 Upper Brook Street, Mayfair.

On 9th May 1894 [his mother] Caroline Elizabeth Agar Countess Clarendon (age 36) died.

In 1905 George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon (age 27) and Adeline Verena Ishbel Cocks Countess of Clarendon (age 19) were married. He the son of Edward Villiers 5th Earl Clarendon (age 58) and Caroline Elizabeth Agar Countess Clarendon.

On 6th May 1906 [his son] George Herbert Arthur Edward Hyde Villiers was born to George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon (age 28).

On 5th August 1908 [his father] Edward Villiers 5th Earl Clarendon (age 62) and [his step-mother] Emma Hatch (age 53) were married at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She by marriage Countess Clarendon. He the son of [his grandfather] George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon and [his grandmother] Katherine Grimston Countess Clarendon.

On 10th December 1908 [his daughter] Nine Joan Edith Virginia Villiers was born to George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon (age 31). She was usually known as Joan.

On 2nd October 1914 [his father] Edward Villiers 5th Earl Clarendon (age 68) died at The Grove, Watford [Map]. His son George (age 37) succeeded 6th Earl Clarendon, 6th Baron Hyde of Hindon in Wiltshire 1756. [his wife] Adeline Verena Ishbel Cocks Countess of Clarendon (age 28) by marriage Countess Clarendon.

On 17th July 1916 [his son] William Nicholas Somers Laurence Hyde Villiers was born to George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon (age 39). He was usually known as Nicholas.

1924. George Henry Grenville Manton (age 69). Portrait of George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon (age 46).

On 18th April 1932 [his son] George Herbert Arthur Edward Hyde Villiers (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Marion Feodorovna Louise Glyn (age 31) were married. He the son of George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon (age 54).

On 27th April 1935 [his son] George Herbert Arthur Edward Hyde Villiers (age 28) died in a shooting accident at the De Beers Estate, Kimberley. Lord Hyde was paired with Dr AGW Compton (a director of De Beers). The party sighted a springbok and Lord Hyde went off in pursuit. Shortly after this Dr Compton and Koos Mathee, the driver of the buckboard vehicle, heard a shot. When they came upon Lord Hyde, expecting to find he had brought down an animal, they were instead horrified to see him lying prostrate and bleeding. The accident happened about 6 miles (9,6 km) from the box itself and it was immediately apparent that Lord Hyde was critically injured. The time was about 10 am. A doctor and ambulance from Kimberley were summoned. Doctors Compton and J.O.B. Hodnett decided that Lord Hyde should be moved to the box and from there taken to Kimberley Hospital. Shortly after mid-day he was taken to the box but by then Lord Hyde's condition had deteriorated to such an extent that it was felt he should not be moved. He died at about 4.30 pm. The coffin draped with the Union Jack was taken to Kimberley Station at 9.20 pm where it was placed in a special van adjoining the White Train. A short service was conducted by the Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman before the train began its journey to Cape Town. The verdict of the inquest was given by the Chief Magistrate of Kimberley Mr F.C.W. Coller. ‘Death due to haemorrhage and shock the result of gunshot wounds accidentally sustained'. It appears that the accident happened when Lord Hyde placed the butt of his rifle on the ground to enable him to use his field glasses. The shock of the contact with the ground must have caused the gun to go off. This explanation is supported by what Lord Hyde muttered before losing consciousness and by the testimony of those present at the scene of the accident.

In 1937 George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon (age 59) was appointed 883rd Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 41).

On 4th May 1939 [his son] William Nicholas Somers Laurence Hyde Villiers (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Cecilia Georgina Weld-Forester (age 22) were married. He the son of George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon (age 61).

On 13th December 1955 George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon (age 78) died. His grandson [his grandson] George (age 22) succeeded 7th Earl Clarendon, 7th Baron Hyde of Hindon in Wiltshire 1756.

In 1963 [his former wife] Adeline Verena Ishbel Cocks Countess of Clarendon (age 77) died.