Thomas Villiers, 2nd Earl of Clarendon
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Thomas Villiers, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (25 December 1753 – 7 March 1824), known as Lord Hyde from 1776 to 1786, was a British peer and Tory Member of Parliament from the Villiers family.
Life[]
Clarendon was the eldest son of Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon and his wife Lady Charlotte Capell, and was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge.[1]
He was elected to the House of Commons for Christchurch in 1774, a seat he held until 1780. He later represented Helston between 1781 and 1786, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.[2]
Lord Clarendon died in March 1824, aged 70. He never married and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother John Charles Villiers.
He lived at The Grove, a country house near Watford, Hertfordshire.
Notes[]
- ^ "Hyde (Thomas Villiers), Lord (HD771)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "VILLIERS, Hon. Thomas (1753–1824), of The Grove, Watford, Herts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
References[]
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,[page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- Lundy, Darryl. "thepeerage.com". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Clarendon
- 1753 births
- 1824 deaths
- Earls of Clarendon (1776)
- British MPs 1774–1780
- British MPs 1780–1784
- British MPs 1784–1790
- People educated at Eton College
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Villiers family
- Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
- Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Helston