Villiers was the son of Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, and the Honourable Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of William Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1915 and served briefly as a Lord-in-Waiting under David Lloyd George between January and August 1919.
Lord Jersey sold the Child & Company bank, part of the family"s inheritance since the 5th Earl married into the Child family, to Glyn, Mills & Company Bank in 1923.
Lord Jersey married Lady Cynthia Almina Constance Mary Needham, daughter of Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey and Ellen Constance Baldock, on 8 October 1908. They had four children:
George Child Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey (1910 – 1998).
Lady Joan Child Villiers (1911–2010), married David Colville, (who died 1986) grandson of Charles Colville, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross.
Honorary (Edward) Mansel Child Villiers (3 May 1913 – 9 March 1980), married twice (firstly 1934, dissolved 1940 to Barbara Mary Frampton and secondly 1946, dissolved
1971 to Princess Maria Gloria Pignatelli Aragona Cortez:
Lady Ann Child Villiers (1916 – 2006), married (1937) Major Alexander Henry Elliot (d 1986).
