Name William 3rd Died August 28, 1769 | Coronation date 1721 Deposed date 1769 | |
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William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey, (died 28 August 1769) was an English peer and politician from the Villiers family.
Life
He was the son of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey. Among other achievements, Villiers was a founding Governor of the Foundling Hospital, a charity which received its royal charter on 17 October 1739 to operate an orphanage for abandoned children in London.
On 23 June 1733, he married Anne Russell, Dowager Duchess of Bedford (c.1704/1709–1762). She was the daughter of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgwater, and widow of Wriothesley Russell, 3rd Duke of Bedford. They had two sons, but only one survived them:
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