Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon, PC 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 Her
Engraving by Charles Bestland after a Thomas Hudson portrait, 1803
The Grove, Watford. Now an hotel
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford by Nathaniel Dance,
Captain Thomas Villiers, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, styled as Lord Hyde from 1776 to 1786, was a British Tory politician and military officer who represented Christchurch and Helston in the House of Commo
Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon
…1786. This was to be his final political assignment. Lord Clarendon died in December 1786, aged 77. He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son Thomas. On 30 March 1752 he married Charlotte Capell, daughter of William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex, and his wife Jane Hyde, daughter of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl…
Engraving of Clarendon by William Bond after a Robert Trewick Bone portrait