Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".

File:Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon in 1865 Punch (IA punchv49lemo) (page 187 crop).jpg
Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon in 1865 Punch

Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon, Template:Post-nominals (11 February 1846 – 2 October 1914), styled Lord Hyde between 1846 and 1870, was a British Liberal Unionist politician from the Villiers family. He served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1900 and 1905.

Background and education

Clarendon was the second but eldest surviving son of the prominent Liberal statesman George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon and his wife Lady Katherine Grimston, daughter of James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]

Political career

File:George Herbert (1846–1914), 5th Earl of Clarendon.jpg
Portrait of Clarendon in his uniform as Lord Chamberlain, c.1902.

Clarendon was elected to Parliament for Brecon in 1869, a seat he retained until the following year, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords. In 1895 he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting in the Unionist administration of Lord Salisbury, a position he held until 1900, when he was promoted to Lord Chamberlain of the Household and admitted to the Privy Council. He retained this office also when Arthur Balfour became Prime Minister in 1902. The government fell in December 1905 and Clarendon was never to return to office.

Apart from his political career Lord Clarendon joined the Hertfordshire Yeomanry as a Troop Quartermaster in 1868, and was commissioned as a Cornet the following year. He was promoted captain in 1872 and to command the regiment in 1879 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was the regiment's longest-serving commanding officer, continuing in the position until 1901, and was afterwards appointed Honorary Colonel of the regiment on 7 February 1903.[2][3][4] He was also Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire from 1893 to 1914.

Sporting career

Clarendon made one known appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1865.[5] He was a right-handed batsman and a roundarm fast bowler. Four of his uncles James, Edward, Robert and Francis Grimston all played first-class cricket, as did his cousin Walter Grimston. Between 1890 and 1896, Lord Clarendon was a member of the Football Committee at West Hertfordshire Sports Club, chairing some of the meetings. During this period the club won three Herts Senior Cups in four years, not entering it in the other year. This football team was later to become known as Watford Football Club.[6]

Family

Lord Clarendon married firstly, Lady Caroline Agar, daughter of James Agar, 3rd Earl of Normanton, on 6 September 1876. After his first wife's death in 1894 he married secondly, Emma Hatch, on 5 August 1908. By his first marriage he had two children:

Lord Clarendon died in October 1914, aged 68, and was succeeded in the earldom by his only son George.

He owned 2,300 acres in Hertsfordshire.[7]

Artistic recognition

He was sculpted by Mary Pownall c.1900.[8]

Honours

British honours
Foreign honours

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".
  3. ↑ a b Army List, various dates.
  4. ↑ Lt-Col J.D. Sainsbury, The Hertfordshire Yeomanry: An Illustrated History 1794–1920, Welwyn: Hart Books/Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Historical Trust, 1994, ISBN 0-948527-03-X, pp. 73–103.
  5. ↑ Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 9 (1865-1866), Lillywhite, 1867
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "template wrapper".
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "template wrapper".
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "template wrapper".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:Error
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Member of Parliament for Brecon
1869–1870 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Lord-in-waiting
1895–1900 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Court offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Lord Chamberlain of the Household
1900–1905 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
1892–1914 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Earl of Clarendon
1870–1914 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

Template:Authority control

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Edward_Villiers,_5th_Earl_of_Clarendon&oldid=1713857"