George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey

George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey PC (9 June 1735 – 22 August 1805, Tunbridge Wells) was a member of the British and Irish peerage and a courtier in the court of George III.

Between 1756 and his father's death in 1769 which took him into the House of Lords he served continuously in the House of Commons as MP for, in turn, Tamworth in Staffordshire, Aldborough in the West Riding of Yorkshire and Dover in Kent. He followed the political lead of the duke of Grafton in both the Commons and Lords. He was a lord of the Admiralty from 1761 to 1763 and was sworn of the privy council 11 July 1765. Lord chamberlain from 1765 to 1769, on his elevation to the peerage he was made a gentleman of the bedchamber to George III and thereafter held various court posts until 1800.

He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1787.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Villiers,_4th_Earl_of_Jersey
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p235.htm
• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire. London : Harrison 1869. page 624