Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, was an English diplomat, courtier and Tory politician from the Villiers family. He was created Baron Villiers and Viscount Villiers in 1691 and Earl of Jersey in 1
Portrait of Jersey by Hyacinthe Rigaud
Edward Villiers as a young man in a portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud
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Earl of Jersey is a title in the Peerage of England. It is held by a branch of the Villiers family, which since 1819 has been the Child Villiers family.
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey
…of Jersey (1656 – 25 August 1711), was an English diplomat, courtier and Tory politician from the Villiers family. He was created Baron Villiers and Viscount Villiers in 1691 and Earl of Jersey in 1697. A leading opponent of the Whig Junto, he was made Southern Secretary in 1699. He was the son of Sir Edward Villiers…
Coat of arms of the 3rd Earl of Jersey at Middleton Stoney church, impaled with the arms of Egerton, his in-laws
Monument of the 9th Earl of Jersey, showing the family's current arms