Frederick Child Villiers

The Honourable Frederick William Child-Villiers (20 July 1815 – 23 May 1871)[1][2] was a British Conservative politician.

Frederick Child-Villiers
Member of Parliament
for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
In office
15 December 1847 – 10 July 1852
Serving with William Freestun
Preceded byWilliam Freestun
William Dougal Christie
Succeeded byWilliam Freestun
George Butt
Personal details
Born20 July 1815
Died23 May 1871(1871-05-23) (aged 55)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Lady Elizabeth van Reede
(m. 1842)
Parent(s)George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey
Frances Twysden

Child-Villiers was the son of George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey and Lady Sarah Sophia Fane. In 1842, he married Lady Elizabeth van Reede, daughter of Reynoud Diederik Jacob van Reede, 7th Earl of Athlone and Henrietta Dorothea Maria née Hope, but they had no children.[1][3]

He served in the army, as a captain in the Coldstream Guards, and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot.[1][3][4]

Child-Villiers was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis at a by-election in 1847—caused by the resignation of William Dougal Christie—and held the seat until 1852 when he did not seek re-election.[1][3][5]

In 1853 he was appointed Lt-Col Commandant of the new Royal Elthorne Light Infantry, a part-time Militia regiment in Middlesex.[6]

He was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1869.[1][3]

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
1847–1852
With: William Freestun
Succeeded by