JEKMYN — JERSEY. 329 JERMTN OF ROYSTOX. i.e., "Jkioiyn op Rovstos " Barony (Jermyn), a: 1689 with the E vRi.no i of Dove:!, by King Jarae] If. when in exile. Sue " Jermyn ok Sr. Kdmiindsbitry " Barony, ci". 18 13, under the 31 Baron ; ex. 1703. JKRMYX OF IIORNINOSHKATU. "Jermyn of Horningsiieath, eo. Suffolk," Karldam [Herocy), or. 1820, with the Marqukssatk ok Bristol, which see. .JKRSF.Y. Earldom. /. Sir Edward Villiers, s. and h. of Sir Edward T. 169" YJLLISR8, of Richmond, Surrey, Knight Marshal of the Household, by his first wife, Frances, yst. da. of Theopbilus (Howard). 2d Earl of Suffolk, was b. about 1656, and, having been attached to tho Court of the Princess of Orange at the Hague, was on her accession to the Crown, as Queen Mary II., Master of the Horse to her from Feb. 168S, 9 till her death in 1G95. He sue. his father in June 1089, and obtained his post as Knight-Marshal, July 10S9, holding it till June 1099. He was er. 20 March 1090/1, BAB ON VILLIKRS OF HOO and VISCOUNT VILLIERS OF DARTFORD, both co. Kent. Minister to the Hague, 1695 ; Joint Plenipo. to the Congress of Kvswick. 1090 ; one of the Lords Justices of Ireland 1697-98, and was a: 13 Oct. 1097 •"), EARL OF THE ISLAND OF JERSEY ; P.C., 1697; Ambassador to the Hague 1097, and to Paris 1098-99 ; Sac. of State for the south 1099—1700, being Joint Plenipo. for the Second Partition Treaty, Feb. 1700 ; one of the Lords Justices (IJegents) of England, June to Oct. 1699 : June to Oct. 1700 and June to Nov. 1701( b ) Lord Chamberlain of the Household to William III. and Queen Anne, 1700—1704 ; P.O. (to Queen Anne) 1702 ; D.C.L. (Oxford) 27 Aug. 1702. He was num. Lord Privy Seal in Aug. 1711, but d. before he was confirmed in that office. He m. (Lie. Fac. 8 and articles 17 Dec. 1681), Barbara, da. of William Chiffin'CH( c ) of Fibbers, in Bray, Berks, the well-known Keeper of the Royal closet. He d. 25 Aug. 1711, in his 56th year, and was bur. 4 Sep. in Westm. Abbey.c 1 ) Admon. 10 Sep. 1711. His widow, who was aged IS in Dec. 1681, d. at Paris," in Frauce, about 1735, Admon. 13 Dec. 1735. Will dat. 12 Oct. 1711, pr. 26 Feb. 1735/6. II. 1711. 2. William (Villiers), Earl op Jersey, &c, s. and h., 6. about 1682 ; styled Yiscofnt Villiers, 1697-1711 ; ed. at Queen's Coll., Cambridge ; M.A., 1700 ; one of the Tellers of the Exchequer, 1701- 02 ; M.P. for Kent, 1705-OS ; sue. to the peerat/e, 26 Aug. 1711. He appears to have ( a ) The patent is not enrolled. The creation is generally (though erroneously) said to be " Earl of Jersey, co. Southampton." See vol. i, p. 209, note " b," sub " Ayles- ford " for some remarks on a similar misconception as to the Barony of Guernsey, er. 1703. ( b ) See vol. iii, p. 115, note " c," sab "Devonshire" for a list of these officers temp. William III. (°) He d. July 1691. The name of his wife (mother of tho Countess; is not known and could not be ascertained by Col. Chester, tho' lie took considerable pains to do so. ( d ) Macky in his " Characters " says of him that he "doth not seem to have any great interest at Court, nor is much regarded nut of his office [that of Chamberlain of the Household, from which, adds Macky, 'since the writing of these characters ho is turned out ']. He hath gone through all the great offices of the kingdom with a very ordinary understanding; was employed, by one of theyrealcst Kings that ever was, in affairs of the greatest consequence,* and yet a man of a weak capacity. He makes a good figure in his person, being ta!!, well shaped, handsome and dresses clean."
- The fact of his sister, Elizabeth (afterwards Countess of Orkney), being mistress
to that " greatest " of Kings, accounts probably for his highly favoured career.
