William Villers, 2nd Earl of Jersey (c. 1682 – 13 July 1721), known as Viscount Villiers from 1697 to 1711, was an English peer and politician from the

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. Jersey was the son of

Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey (c. 165625 August 1711) was an English peer, courtier, and statesman of the Villiers family. He was created Baron Villiers and Viscount Villiers in 1691 and Earl of Jersey in 1697. A leading Tory politicia ...

, and his wife Barbara (née Chiffinch). He represented

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in the

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from 1705 to 1708. In 1711 he succeeded his father as earl. During 1703 he travelled to Italy (Grand Tour) and he commissioned

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a bronze medal. On 22 March 1704, William married Judith Herne, daughter of Frederick Herne and Elizabeth Lisle. They had three children: *Barbara Villiers (25 August 1706 – d. 1761), married firstly,

Sir William Blackett, 2nd Baronet Sir William Blackett, 2nd Baronet of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (11 February 1690 – 25 September 1728), of Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Wallington Hall, Northumberland, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Comm ...

. She married secondly, Bussy Mansell, 4th Baron Mansell. * William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey (8 March 1707 – d. 1769) *

Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon, PC (1709 – 11 December 1786) was a British politician and diplomat from the Villiers family. Clarendon was the second son of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey, and his wife Judith Herne, daughter of ...

(19 June 1709 – d. 1786)

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1680s births 1721 deaths 2 William Villiers, 02nd Earl of Jersey English MPs 1705–1707 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1707–1708 Earls in the Jacobite peerage Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub