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Sir Edward Villiers (April 1620 – July 1689) was an English Royalist soldier and courtier. Part of the powerful Villiers family, he was a friend of Edward Hyde, chief advisor to Charles I and Charles II from 1641 to 1668. He fought for the Royalists in the First English Civil War and went into exile from 1649 until 1652 when he returned to England. During the Interregnum, he was a member of ...
When Sir Edward Villiers was born in 1585, in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Villers, was 42 and his mother, Audrey Saunders, was 35. He had at least 5 sons and 8 daughters with Barbara St John. He died on 7 September 1626, in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, at the age of 41, and was buried in Ireland.
Consequently, before the patent was discussed on 3 Apr., he offered to withdraw ‘if the House shall think him uncapable of sitting here during the debate’.41 This was not deemed necessary despite Sir Francis Nethersole’s objections, and despite the discovery by the committee that examined the leading patentee Matthias Fowle of ‘some things that concerned Sir Edward Villiers’.42
Descended from Aymer de Villiers (b.1078) of Normandy. Audrey Saunders . By his first wife was Audrey Saunders (d. 1588): Sir Edward Villiers (c.1574–1626), father of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Viscounts Grandison and ancestor of the Dukes of Cleveland, Southampton, Grafton and Northumberland and the Earls of Grandison, Jersey and Clarendon.
30 de nov. de 2021 · Sir Edward Villiers (1620 – 2 July 1689) was a British officer from the Villiers family. He was the fourth son of Sir Edward Villiers and Barbara St. John, half-nephew to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, considered him to be a man of "diligence and dexterity" and referred to him as "honest Ned".
Consequently her eldest son by Sir Edward Villiers, William, succeeded St. John as second Viscount Grandison in 1630; he was father of Barbara Villiers [q. v.], duchess of Cleveland. Sir Edward's second and third sons, George and John, succeeded as third and fourth viscounts Grandison; the fourth son, Sir Edward (1620- 1689), was father of Edward Villiers, first earl of Jersey [q. v.]
Villiers Charitable Institutions was founded in 1821 under the will of Hannah Villiers. While archives on Hannah and Edward Villiers are limited, it is known that Hannah Villiers, née Scott, was born in 1733 to a gentry family. She married Mr. Edward Villiers, a gentleman of similar social standing circa. 1758, and together they contributed ...
