Victor Albert George Child-Villiers GCB GCMG (1845 - 1915)

Born 20 Mar 1845 in Berkeley Square, London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Elizabeth (Leigh) Child-Villiers — married 19 Sep 1872 in St Thomas, Portman Square, London, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 31 May 1915 at age 70 in Osterley Park, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Victor Child-Villiers GCB GCMG is Notable.

Preceded by The Rt Hon. The Lord Carrington GCMG, PC

17th Governor of New South Wales 15 Jan 1891 to 2 Mar 1893

Succeeded by The Rt Hon. Sir Robert Duff GCMG

Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey GCB GCMG PC JP DL, was a British banker, conservative politician and colonial administrator. He served as Governor of New South Wales between 1891 and 1893.

Born on 20th March 1845 at Berkeley Square, London, Lord Jersey was the eldest son of George Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey, and Julia Peel, daughter of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, Bt. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He succeeded in the earldom in October 1859, aged 14, on the death of his father, who had only succeeded his father three weeks earlier. He became the principal proprietor of the family banking firm of Child & Co.

Lord Jersey married the Honourable Margaret Elizabeth Leigh, daughter and eldest child of William Henry Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh, on 19th September 1872. They had six children:

1. George Henry Robert Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey (1873-1923)
2. Lady Margaret Child Villiers (1874-74), died in infancy.
3. Lady Margaret Child Villiers (1875-1959), married Walter Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor.
4. Lady Mary Julia Child Villiers (1877-1933), married Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford.
5. Lady Beatrice Child Villiers (1880-1970), married Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany.
6. Honourable Arthur George Child Villiers (1883-1969)

Having suffered a stroke in 1909, Lord Jersey died at Osterley Park, Middlesex, on 31st May 1915, aged 70. He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, George. The Countess of Jersey survived her husband by 30 years and passed away at Middleton Park, Oxfordshire, in May 1945, aged 95.

Sources

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7KH-DRZ : 2 August 2017), Victor Albert George Villiers, Middleton Stoney, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9YG-M1R : 20 May 2019), Victor Albert G C Jersey, Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Bletchington subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKPV-BQV : 13 March 2020), Victor Albert George Child Villiers, 1872.

• British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q269-7FQN : 26 October 2019), Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, Right Hon Sir Seventh Earl Of Jersey Viscount Grandison and Viscount and Baron Villiers, 05 Jun 1915; citing Obituary, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, page , Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. The British Library, London; FHL microfilm 102,001,262.
• Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-LLQ2 : 9 June 2021), Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, ; Burial, Middleton Stoney, Cherwell District, Oxfordshire, England, All Saints Churchyard; citing record ID 62761416, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• https://www.thepeerage.com/p2965.htm#c29641.1

See also

• Chris Cunneen, 'Jersey, seventh Earl of (1845–1915)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
• Wikipedia entry.