Name George Villiers, | Died December 31, 1923 | |
 | ||
Spouse Lady Cynthia Almina Constance Mary Needham (m. 1908–1923) Children George Child Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey Parents Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, Hon. Margaret Leigh Grandchildren Lady Caroline Child Villiers Grandparents William Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh | ||
George Henry Robert Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey DL (2 June 1873 – 31 December 1923), was a British peer and Conservative politician from the Villiers family.
Villiers was the son of Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, and the Honourable Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of William Henry Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1915 and served briefly as a Lord-in-Waiting under David Lloyd George between January and August 1919. Lord Jersey sold the Child & Co bank, part of the family's inheritance since the 5th Earl married into the Child family, to Glyn, Mills & Co. Bank in 1923.
Family
Lord Jersey married Lady Cynthia Almina Constance Mary Needham, daughter of Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey and Ellen Constance Baldock, on 8 October 1908. They had four children: