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The son of George Villiers, 4th Earl Of Jersey and Frances Twysden , Jersey took his seat in the House Of Lords on the death of his father in 1805 . He later served as Lord Chamberlain Of The Household under the Duke Of Wellington in 1830 and under Sir Robert Peel from 1834 to 1835 and as Master Of The Horse under Peel from 1841 to 1846 and briefly under Lord Aberdeen in 1852 . Lord Jersey married Lady Sarah Sophia Fane , daughter of John Fane, 10th Earl Of Westmorland , on 23 May 1804 . She was also the eldest granddaughter and heiress of Robert Child , principal share holder of the Child & Co. Bank, thus the Earls of Jersey added the surname Child to their own surname. She was also one of the main great hostesses of English society and patroness of Almack's . They had three children:
Jersey died on October 3 , 1859 , aged 86. |
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