Background
Villiers was the son of George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey.
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George Augustus Frederick Child Villiers
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He succeeded in the earldom on the death of his father on 3 October 1859 but only held the title until his own death three weeks later. Lord Jersey married Julia Peel (d 1893), daughter of the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel, on 12 July 1841. They had three children:
Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey (1845–1915)
Lady Jersey married Charles Brandling on 12 September 1865.
Membership
9th United Kingdom Parliament. 10th United Kingdom Parliament. 11th United Kingdom Parliament.
12th United Kingdom Parliament.
13th United Kingdom Parliament. 14th United Kingdom Parliament.
15th United Kingdom Parliament]
He sat as Member of Parliament for Rochester from 1830 to 1831, for Minehead from 1831 from 1832, for Honiton from 1832 to 1835, for Weymouth & Melcome Regis from 1837 to 1842 and for Cirencester from 1844 to 1852.
