Biography of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey 1735-1805

On 22nd April 1725 Wriothesley Russell 3rd Duke Bedford [aged 16] and [his mother] Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford were married. She by marriage Duchess Bedford. She was the step-daughter of his sister Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater [aged 18]. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater [aged 43] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater. He the son of Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford and Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford. They were sixth cousins.

On 23rd June 1733 [his father] William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey [aged 26] and [his mother] Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford were married. She by marriage Countess Jersey. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater [aged 51] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater. He the son of William Villiers 2nd Earl Jersey. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 9th June 1735 George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey was born to [his father] William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey [aged 28] and [his mother] Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford.

In 1762 [his mother] Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford died.

On 14th May 1766 John Fitzgerald Villiers 1st Earl Grandison [aged 82] died. His second cousin once removed [his father] William [aged 59] succeeded 6th Viscount Grandison.

On 28th August 1769 [his father] William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey [aged 62] died. His son George [aged 34] succeeded 4th Earl Jersey, 7th Viscount Grandison, 4th Viscount Villiers, 4th Baron Villiers.

In March 1770 George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 34] and Frances Twysden [aged 17] were married. She just past her 17th birthday, he twice her age. He the son of William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey and Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford.

In 1771 [his daughter] Charlotte Anne Villiers was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 35] and [his wife] Frances Twysden [aged 17]. She married 11th July 1789 her fifth cousin once removed William Russell and had issue.

In 1772 [his daughter] Anne Barbara Frances Villiers was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 36] and [his wife] Frances Twysden [aged 18]. She married (1) 1791 William Henry Lambton and had issue (2) 1801 her fifth cousin Charles William Wyndham, son of Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont.

On 19th August 1773 [his son] George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 38] and [his wife] Frances Twysden [aged 20]. He married 23rd May 1804 Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey, daughter of John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland, and had issue.

On 16th December 1774 [his daughter] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 39] and [his wife] Frances Twysden [aged 21]. She married (1) 5th July 1795 Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey, son of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge, and had issue (2) 29th November 1810 George William Campbell 6th Duke Argyll, son of John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll and Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll.

In 1779 [his daughter] Sarah Villiers was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 43] and [his wife] Frances Twysden [aged 25].

In 1780 [his son] William Augustus Henry Vernon was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 44] and [his wife] Frances Twysden [aged 26].

In 1786 [his daughter] Frances Elizabeth Villiers Viscountess Ponsonby was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 50] and [his wife] Frances Twysden [aged 32]. She married 13th January 1803 John Ponsonby 1st Viscount Ponsonby, son of William Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly in County Cork and Louisa Molesworth Countess Fitzwilliam.

In 1788 [his daughter] Harriet Villiers was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 52] and [his wife] Frances Twysden [aged 34]. She married 1806 her fifth cousin once removed Bishop Richard Bagot, son of William Bagot 1st Baron Bagot and Elizabeth St John Baroness Bagot, and had issue.

On 11th July 1789 [his son-in-law] William Russell [aged 21] and Charlotte Anne Villiers [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 54] and Frances Twysden [aged 36]. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

In 1791 [his son-in-law] William Henry Lambton [aged 27] and Anne Barbara Frances Villiers [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 55] and Frances Twysden [aged 37].

In 1795 George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 59] was appointed Master of the Horse to the Prince of Wales, the future King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 32].

On 5th July 1795 [his son-in-law] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 27] and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 60] and Frances Twysden [aged 42]. He the son of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge [aged 51] and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge [aged 53].

In 1801 [his son-in-law] Charles William Wyndham [aged 40] and Anne Barbara Frances Villiers [aged 29] were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 65] and Frances Twysden [aged 47]. He the son of Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont. They were fifth cousins.

On 13th January 1803 [his son-in-law] John Ponsonby 1st Viscount Ponsonby [aged 33] and Frances Elizabeth Villiers Viscountess Ponsonby [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 67] and Frances Twysden [aged 49]. He the son of William Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly in County Cork [aged 58] and Louisa Molesworth Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 54].

On 23rd May 1804 George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey [aged 30] and Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey [aged 19] were married at Berkeley Square, Mayfair. She the daughter of John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 44] and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 68] and Frances Twysden [aged 51].

On 22nd August 1805 George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 70] died. His son George [aged 32] succeeded 5th Earl Jersey, 8th Viscount Grandison, 5th Viscount Villiers, 5th Baron Villiers. Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey [aged 20] by marriage Countess Jersey.

On 25th July 1821 [his former wife] Frances Twysden [aged 68] died in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. She was buried in the Villiers Vault, All Saints' Church, Middleton Stoney.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Villiers was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey and Frances Twysden.

[his daughter] Georgiana Villiers was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey and Frances Twysden.

Adeline Horsey Recollections. I remember often meeting Lady Charlotte Cadogan, who ran away with Lord Anglesey; they lived together for some years until Lady Anglesey divorced her husband, and he was free to marry Lady Charlotte. Lady Anglesey, who was a daughter of the Earl of Jersey, afterwards married the sixth Duke of Argyll, but she was a great invalid and quite a cripple during the latter part of her life.