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George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (12 January 1800 – 27 June 1870) was an English diplomat and statesman from the Villiers family. He served a succession of Whig and Liberal administrations.
Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon and 2nd Earl of Rochester, PC (June 1672 – 10 December 1753), styled Lord Hyde from 1682 to 1711, was an English Army officer and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1692 until 1711 when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Rochester.
Lord Clarendon was succeeded by his first cousin Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Rochester, who became the fourth Earl of Clarendon; he was the only son of the first Earl of Rochester. He had earlier represented Launceston in the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall .
4th Earl of Clarendon may refer to: Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon of the 1661 creation, (lived 1672–1753) George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon of the 1776 creation (lived 1800–1870)
Villiers (/ ˈ v ɪ l ər z / VIL-ərz) is an aristocratic family in the United Kingdom. Over time, various members of the Villiers family were made knights, baronets, and peers. Peerages held by the Villiers family include the dukedoms of Buckingham (1623–1687) and Cleveland (1670–1709), as well as the earldoms of Anglesey (1623–1661), Jersey (since 1697), and Clarendon (since 17
The Earl of Clarendon: 1776 George Villiers, 8th Earl of Clarendon Great Britain Edward Villiers, Lord Hyde: 78 The Earl of Mansfield: 1776 Alexander Murray, 9th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield Great Britain William Murray, Viscount Stormont: 79 The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe: 1789 Christopher Edgcumbe, 9th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Great Britain
Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon; Thomas Villiers, 2nd Earl of Clarendon; John Villiers, 3rd Earl of Clarendon; George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon; Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon; George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon; Laurence Villiers, 7th Earl of Clarendon
The Clarendon Commission was a royal commission established in 1861 [1] to investigate the state of nine leading schools in England, in the wake of complaints about the finances, buildings, and management of Eton College. It was chaired by George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon. The commission sat until 1864, when its report was published with ...