 Abt 1580 - 1626 (~ 46 years)
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| Name |
Villiers, Edward |
| Born |
Abt 1580 |
England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
6 Sep 1626 |
Youghal, Cork, Ireland |
| Person ID |
I01869 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2015 |
| Family |
St. John, Barbara, b. Abt 1590, Of Wiltshire, England , bur. 16 Sep 1672, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England (Age ~ 82 years) |
| Married |
06 Oct 1610 |
Clifton, Warwickshire, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Villiers, Eleanor, b. Abt 1610, England , bur. 16 Jun 1685, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England (Age ~ 75 years) |
| | 2. Villiers, William, c. 9 Mar 1611, Coleorton, Leicestershire, England , d. 30 Sep 1643, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Age ~ 32 years) |
| | 3. Villiers, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1615, England , d. 15 Dec 1654, England (Age ~ 39 years) |
| | 4. Villiers, John, b. Abt 1616, England , d. 9 Nov 1659, Paris, France (Age ~ 43 years) |
| | 5. Villiers, George, b. Abt 1618, Of Brokesby, Leicestershire, England , bur. 16 Dec 1699, Brantfield, Hertfordshire, England (Age ~ 81 years) |
| | 6. Villiers, Christopher, c. 8 Apr 1619, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England , d. Abt 1630 (Age ~ 10 years) |
| | 7. Villiers, Edward, c. 5 Apr 1620, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England , bur. 2 Jul 1689, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England (Age ~ 69 years) |
| | 8. Villiers, Barbara, c. 1 Jun 1622, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England , d. 13 Dec 1681, London, England (Age ~ 59 years) |
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| Family ID |
F00759 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Master of the Mint.
Presdient of Munster providence, Ireland.
Sir Edward Villiers, son of Sir George Villiers and brother of the great Duke of Buckingham; married Barbara, daughter of Sir John St. John, of Lidiard, Wiltshire.
This Edward received the honour of Knighthood at Windsor, on September 7, 1616, and in 1620, was sent ambassador to Bohemia; also on March 10, 1622, was, by the interest of his brother, the Duke of Buckingham, advanced to the Presidentship of Munster, in Ireland, in the room of the Earl of Thomond, deceased. He lived there (saith Sir Henry Wotton) in singular estimation for his justice and hospitality; and died (September 7, 1626) as much to the grief of the whole province, as ever any Governor did, before his religious Lady, who was of a sweet and noble disposition, adding much to his honour. He was buried in the Earl of Cork's chapel at Youghall, where these lines were put up to his memory:
"Munster may curse the time that Villiers came,
To make us worse, by leaving such a name;
Of noble parts, as none can imitate,
But those whose hearts are married to the state:
But if they press to imitate his fame,
Munster may bless the time that Villiers came."
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