Английская Википедия:George Villiers (died 1606)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Other people Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Sir George Villiers (c. 1544 – 4 January 1606) was an English knight and country gentleman. He was a High Sheriff of Leicestershire for the year 1591, and later was briefly a Knight of the Shire, a Member of Parliament representing the county of Leicestershire.
He was the father of James I's favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham and of several other sons who became prominent at court, establishing the Villiers family at the heart of royal circles for several generations.
Family
Шаблон:Main George Villiers, born about 1544,Шаблон:Sfn was the eldest son of William Villiers of Brooksby, Leicestershire, and Colett, widow of Richard Beaumont of Coleorton, Leicestershire, and daughter and heir of Richard Clarke of Willoughby, Warwickshire.Шаблон:Sfn The Villiers family had been settled at Brooksby since at least 1235.Шаблон:Sfn
Career
Villiers is said to have been a "prosperous sheep farmer".Шаблон:Sfn He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1591, and was elected a Knight of the Shire for the county from 1604 until his death. He was knighted in 1593.Шаблон:Sfn
Marriages and issue
Villiers married firstly Audrey Saunders (d.1587), the daughter and heir of William Saunders (d. 14 July 1582) of Harrington, NorthamptonshireШаблон:Sfn and Frances Zouche, the daughter of William Zouche of Bulwick, Northamptonshire, son of John la Zouche, 7th Baron Zouche (c.1440-1527) of Harringworth,Шаблон:Sfn who fought for Richard III at Bosworth,Шаблон:Sfn by whom he had two sons and four daughters:Шаблон:Sfn
- Sir William Villiers (d. 12 June 1629), the eldest son,Шаблон:Sfn who married Rebecca Roper, daughter and co-heir of Robert Roper, esquire, and Elizabeth Nott, the daughter of William Nott, esquire, of Thames Ditton. He was created a baronet in 1619.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
- Sir Edward Villiers,Шаблон:Sfn who married, about 1612, Barbara St. John, daughter of Sir John St John of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, by whom he had ten children.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
- Elizabeth Villiers (d. 1654), who married John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield.Шаблон:Sfn
- Anne Villiers (b. 1588), who married Sir William Washington (1590–1648), elder brother of Lawrence Washington (the great-great-grandfather of George Washington).Шаблон:Sfn She was the mother of Henry Washington[1] and the maternal grandmother of George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth, ancestor of the Earls of Dartmouth.Шаблон:Sfn
- Frances Villiers, who died without issue.
Villiers married secondly, about 1590, his "beautiful but penniless first cousin by the half-blood", Mary Beaumont (c. 1570 – 1632), daughter of Anthony Beaumont of Glenfield, Leicestershire, with whom he had three sons and a daughter:Шаблон:Sfn
- John Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck, who married Frances, the daughter of Sir Edward Coke by his second wife, Elizabeth Hatton, née Cecil, daughter of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter. The peerage expired at his death.
- George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, who married Katherine Manners, (daughter of the 6th Earl of Rutland). The title became extinct in 1687.
- Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey. The earldom and barony became extinct on the death of his son, the second Earl of Anglesey, in 1661.
- Susan Villiers, who married William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh, parents-in-law to James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton.
Common ancestor of sixteen British Prime Ministers
According to Thomson,[2] Sir George is the ancestor of sixteen British prime ministers: Шаблон:Columns-list see also Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
Notes
References
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Further reading
External links
- Will of William Saunders of Harrington, Northamptonshire, proved 14 May 1584, PROB 11/67/61, National Archives; retrieved 26 August 2013
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- ↑ Thomson, Gerald Malcolm. The Prime Ministers - From Robert Walpole to Margaret Thatcher. New York: William Morrow (1981), p. xxii; Шаблон:ISBN; accessed 8 April 2014.
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