Charles Villiers (other)
Charles Villiers may refer to: * Charles Pelham Villiers (1802–1898), British lawyer and politician * Charles Villiers (actor), Australian actor and director * Charles Hyde Villiers (1912–1992), British businessman and chairman of British Steel * Charles de Villiers (born 1953), South African chess player See also * Villiers (other) Villiers may refer to: Places France * Villiers, Indre, in the Indre ''département'' * Villiers, Vienne, in the Vienne ''département'' * Villiers-Adam, in the Val-d'Oise ''département'' * Villiers-au-Bouin, in the Indre-et-Loire ''département ...

Charles Pelham Villiers
Charles Pelham Villiers (3 January 1802 – 16 January 1898) was a British lawyer and politician from the aristocratic Villiers family. He sat in the House of Commons for 63 years, from 1835 to 1898, making him the longest-serving Member of Parliament (MP). He also holds the distinction of the oldest candidate to win a parliamentary seat, at 93. He was a radical and reformer who often collaborated with John Bright and had a noteworthy effect in the leadership of the Anti-Corn Law League, until its repeal in 1846. Lord Palmerston appointed him to the cabinet as president of the Poor-Law Board in 1859. His Public Works (Manufacturing Districts) Act of 1863 opened job-creating schemes in public health projects. He progressed numerous other reforms, most notably the Metropolitan Poor Act of 1867. Florence Nightingale helped him formulate the reform, in particular, ensure professionalisation of nursing as part of the poor law regime, the workhouses of which erected public infirmar ...
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Charles Villiers (actor)
Charles Villiers was an Australian actor and occasional director who appeared in many silent films. According to a contemporary report, "there is probably no actor in Australia that has done more consistent picture work than Mr. Villiers, both as heavy lead, and director." He was particularly well known for playing villains. Biography In 1912 Villiers managed Lytton's Picture Stadium in Orange. Villiers started working in films for the Australian Photoplay Company for whom he was one of their main actors. He then made a series of films for the Fraser Film Release and Photographic Company. In 1914 he toured for 12 months with the Oliver Dramatic Company. Beaumont Smith later estimated Villiers appeared in more than 60 silent films. His wife was also an actor. Select filmography *'' Moora Neya, or The Message of the Spear'' (1911) *'' The Lady Outlaw'' (1911) *''Way Outback'' (1911) *''What Women Suffer'' (1911) *''The Cup Winner'' (1911) *''Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jacke ...
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Charles Hyde Villiers
Sir Charles English Hyde Villiers, MC (14 August 1912 – 22 January 1992) was a British businessman and chairman of British Steel Corporation from 1976 till 1980. Early life and education Villiers was the grandson of Francis Hyde Villiers and the great-grandson of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon. His father, Algernon Hyde Villiers, was killed in action in 1917 during World War I. His mother, Beatrix Eleanor Paul, was the daughter of Liberal M.P. Herbert Paul, and she later married Walter Durant Gibbs, who later became 4th Baron Aldenham. Villiers was educated at St Cyprian's School, Eton and New College, Oxford, before joining the Grenadier Guards in 1936. Military service He became Lieutenant-Colonel during World War II, served with the Special Operations Executive from 1943 to 1945 and was awarded the MC. Career Villiers was a managing director of Helbert Wagg from 1948, and of J. Henry Schroder Wagg from 1968 to 1971. He was also a director of Courtaulds, ...
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Charles De Villiers
Charles de Villiers (born 1953) is a South African chess player. He has won the South African Chess Championship six times; in 1975 (with Piet Kroon), 1977 (with David Walker), 1981, 1985 (with Clyde Wolpe), 1987 and 1989. He resides in Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest .... References 1953 births Living people South African chess players Chess FIDE Masters {{SouthAfrica-chess-bio-stub ...
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