B56256-Villiers

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Name of the family:

Villiers

Blason:

Same Arms.

Crest(s):

A lion ramp. ar. ducally crowned or.

Supporters:

Dexter, a horse ar.; sinister, a lion ar. ducally crowned or. J/olto-Fidci coticula crux. N.B. The Earl of Qrandison quartered, 1st, Per chev. sa and ar. three elephants' heads erased counterchanged, fo. Saundebs ; 2nd, Gu. a cross engr. ar. in the dexter chief a lozenge of the last, for Leigh ; 3rd, Erm. a saltire or, foi Fitz Gebald, of Dromana.

Info about the family:

Earl of Qrandison, extinct 1766; Sir Edward Villiers, second son of Sir George Villiers, Knt., of Brokesby, was knighted at Windsor, 7 Sept. 1616, ond appointed Lord President of Munster 1622. in 1620 he was created Viscount Qrandison, and d. 1626, leaving four sons: the youngest, Sir Edwabd, was father of the first Earl of Jersey: John, fifth Viscount Qrandison, was created Earl of Qrandison 1721, and left an only surviving dau., Lady Elizabeth Viluers, created Countas of Qrandison 1767; at his lordship's death the earldom expired, and the Viscounty of Qrandison reverted to William, third Earl of Jersey

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