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 CLARENDON. 279 heirs male of his body by Charlotte, his then wife, with rem. to the id. Charlotte and the heirs male of her body.( a ) V.C., 1763 ; Joint Postmaster Gen. 1763-65 ; Chan- cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1771-82, and again Dec. 1783. On 14 June, 1776, he was ci: EARL OF CLARENDON, with the ordinary limitation to heirs male of his (own) body ; on 1 6 July 1 782, he obtained the Koyal lie. that he and his issue should bear their arms on the Royal Eagle of Prussia, &c, in the manner granted to him by Frederick III., King of Prussia, by whom also he is said to have been made a Count of that Kingdom. He d. 11 Dec, 1786, and was bur. the 20th at Watford, Herts. Will ]>r. Janv. 1 787. His widow, who was J. 2 Oct. 1721 and who had taken the name of Hyde, d 3 Dec. 1790, and was bur, 11th at Watford afsd. Will pr. July 1791. VI. 178G. 2. Thomas (Villiers), Eaul of Clarendon, &c, b. 25 Dec. 1753, s. and h., ed. at St. John's Coll., Cambridge; M.P., for Ckristchurch, Hants, 1774-80, and for Helston, 17S0-S6. He d. unm. after a long illness at " the Grove," Watford, 7 March 1824 iu lu3 71st year. Will pr. May 1824 sad Feb. 1S57. VII. 1824. 3. Joiin Charles (Villiers), Earl of Clarendon, Sec, br. and h., b. 14 Nov. 1757 ; cd. at St. Johns Coll., Cambridge ; It A, 1776; Barrister (Line. Inn) 1779; M.P. for old Sarum, 1784-90 ; for Dartmouth, 1790-1 S02 ; for Wick boroughs, 1802-05 ; and for Queenborough, 1887- 12 and 1S20-24 ; Joint King's Counsel in the Duchy of Lancaster, 1785 ; Comptroller uf the Royal Household, 17S7-90; P.C., 17S7 ; Ch. Justice in Eyre, north of Trent, 1790-1838; I'rotbonotary of the county of Lancaster, 1801-38; er, LL.D., Cambridge, 30 April 1833. He m. 5 Jany. 1791, at her Father's house in Savile Row, St. James, Westm., his first cousin. Maria Eleanor, 2nd and yst. of the twin daughters and coheirs of Admiral the Hon. John Forbes (2nd s. of George, 3rd Earl op Granard [ID by Mary, da. of William (Capkl) 3rd Earl of Essex abovenamed, sister, of the whole blood, to Charlotte, Countess of Clarendon. Hed. s.p.s. at Walttier terrace, Deal, 22 Dec. 183S, aged SI. Will pr. Feb. 1839 and Feb. 1857. His widow d. IS March 1S44 at Clarendon House, North Audley street, Midx., aged 85. Will pr. March 1841, March 1817 and Feb. 1857. VIII. 1838. J t . George William (Villiers), Eaul of Clarendon, &c, nephew and h., being s. and h. of the Hon. George Villiers (who d. 21 March 1827, aged 67), by Theresa, sister of John, 1st Earl of Morley, da. of of John (Pakkeu), 1st Baron BorinoDOH, whicb George was 3d. s. of the 1st Earl. He was b. 26 Jany. 1800 in London ; ed. at St. John Coll., Cambridge ; M.A., 1S20 ; Attache at St. Petersburgli, 1820-23; Commissioner of the Customs, 1S24-33; Envoy to Madrid, 1S33-39 ; G.C.B., 19 Oct. 1837 ; P.C., 1840 ; Privy Seal, Jany. 1840 to Sep. 1S41 ; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1S40-41, and, again, 1S64-65 ; President of the Hoard uf Trade. 1846-47, Lord Lieut, of Ireland, May 1847 to March 1852. KG-.. 23 March 1849 ; Sec. of State for foreign aflairs, 1853-58, 1865-66 and again 1868 till his death; Ambassador to the Congress of Paris, Feb. to April, 1856, and to Berlin for the Coronation of King William I of Prussia, Oct. 1861 ; er. D.C.L. of Oxford 4 June 1856 ; Chancellor of the Queen's Univ. of Ireland, 1S66. He m. 4 June 1839 at Gorhambury, Herts, Catherine, widow of John Foster Barhaii, 1st da. of James Walter (Ghi.mston), 1st Earl of Verulam by Charlotte, da. of Charles (Jbnkimson) 1st Earl op Liverpool. He d. 27 June 1870 at No. 1, Grosvenor Crescent, Midx., aged 70.( 1 ') Will pr. 3 Aug. 1870 under £250,000. His widow who was b. 18 April 1810, d. 4 July 1874 at 44 Wimpole street, Marylebone. Will pr. 20 Aug. 1874, under £12,000. (*) He thus had a peerage dignity not so ample as the usual one, (i.e. that with rem. to the heirs male of the grantee's body) but no objection appears to have been raised by the House of Lords to his taking his seat thereunder. (J 1 ) " The retrospect of so long a public and official life as that o£ Clarendon is full of instruction and interest. His principal qualifications for the posts he filled was, perhaps, his unwearied industry. Probably there was never a harder worker. He wrote with extraordinary facility as well as felicity. He was an admirable talker and u most patient listener. He was a Master of the Art of Conversation, &c." See " Annual Register " for 1S70, where there is a long and appreciative account of his political career.