VILLIERS, George (1628-87) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 30 Jan. 1628, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of George Villiers^†, duke of Buckingham, and Katherine (d.1649), da. of Francis Manners^†, 6th earl of Rutland. educ. Trinity, Camb. MA 5 Mar. 1642; travelled abroad 1643-7 (France, Italy). Buckingham: Public and Private Man ed. C. Phipps, 4-5. m. 15 Sept. 1657 Mary (d.1704), da. of Thomas Fairfax^‡, 3rd Bar. Fairfax of Cameron [S]; s.p. 1s. with Anna Maria, countess of Shrewsbury. KG 1649. d. 16 Apr. 1687; admon. 2 May 1687-5 Mar. 1720.

Offices Held

Gent. of the bedchamber 1650 – 57, 1661 – 25 Feb. 1667, 23 Sept. 1667 – 2 Mar. 1674; PC 1650, 28 Apr. 1662 – 25 Feb. 1667, 23 Sept. 1667–21 Apr. 1679; Bodl. Carte 217, f. 409. master of the horse 1668–5 Mar. 1674; CSP Dom. 1667–8, pp. 411, 435. member, cttee. for foreign affairs, trade and plantations 1668; Carte 72, f. 615. amb. extraordinary to France July – Sept. 1670, envoy extraordinary (jt.) to France and Low Countries June – July 1672; commr. admiralty 9 July 1673 – 31 Oct. 1674.

Col. regt. of horse 1651; capt. tp. of horse 1666; col. regt. of foot 1672 – 73; lt.-gen. 1672–3. Hatton corresp. i. 95.

Ld. lt. Yorks. (W. Riding) 5 Sept. 1661–14 Mar. 1667, TNA, SP 29/42/62. 22 Nov.1667–13 Mar. 1674; Add. 36916, f. 5. high steward, York ?-1683, Reresby mems. 301–2. Oxford 1669; HP Commons 1660–90, i. 360. custos rot. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1671 – 79; chan. Cambs. Univ. 1671–4; Carte 38, ff. 136–8; Tanner 157, f. 21. kpr. of Enfield Chase 1672 – 75.

FRS 1661–85; Hunter, Royal Society, 172. gov., Charterhouse 1669; G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, (1921) 354. grand master of freemasons 1674–9; M.K. Schuchard, Restoring the temple of vision (2002) 722. freeman, City of London (liveryman of Merchant Taylors’ Co.) 1681. Carte 222, f. 266; G. de Krey, London and the Restoration, 212.

Parlimentarian

VILLIERS, George (1628-87)

Associated with: Helmsley, Yorks.;VCH North Yorks. i. 485-505.; Cliveden, Bucks.; York House, Westminster;CSP Dom. 1661-2, p. 500.; Wallingford House, Whitehall.Reresby Mems. 46; Carte 79, ff. 130-1.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, c.1675, NPG 279; line engraving by R. White, 1679, NPG D1131; mezzotint by I. Becket, aft. S. Verelst, c.1681-8, NPG D1130.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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