Villiers sat at Old Sarum on the interest of Thomas Pitt, Lord Camelford, who on 28 Jan. 1785 wrote to George Hardinge, Villiers’s colleague, expostulating with him over his support of William Pitt’s proposals for parliamentary reform:1Nichols, Lit. Illus. vi. 80.
Old Sarum has two representatives; upon one of them [Villiers] I have not the smallest claim, because I never pretended any kindness to him in the seat I gave him. It is to be sure, even in his instance, however, a whimsical thing, that from his connection with Pitt he feels himself under a necessity of subverting, as far as his vote goes, the seat he is entrusted with by his constituents, or, if you choose to call it so, by his constituent.
Villiers voted regularly with Pitt’s Administration. Only two speeches by him are reported 1784-90: on 20 Feb. 1784, defending Pitt; and on 20 Apr. 1789, on a matter which concerned him as comptroller of the Household.2Debrett, xiii. 211; Stockdale, xvii. 77, 79.
He died 22 Dec. 1838.