Background
VILLIERS, Francis Hyde was born on August 13, 1852 in London. 4th son of 4th Earl of Clarendon.
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Francis Hyde VILLIERS
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Francis Hyde VILLIERS, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Education
Harrow.
Career
Entered Foreign Office, 1870. Private Secretary to Lord Tenterden, Sir J. Pauncefote, and Sir P. Currie, Per. Under-Secretaries for Foreign Affairs.
Acting Secretary in Diplomatic 2065 Service, 1885. Private Secretary to Earl of Rosebery, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1886, and 1802-1894. Acting Private Secretary to Marquess of Salisbury, 1887.
Assis. Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1896-1005. ; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotent iary to Portugal since 1905.
Membership
Clubs: Travellers’, St. James’s.
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Nationality
British
Official Titles
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Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George cartulary-register 1906; Companion of the Bath 1894. Honourable; Sir.