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About George Villiers
The Hon. George Villiers was a British courtier and politician from the Villiers family. The youngest son of the diplomat Lord Hyde, he was an intimate of Princess Amelia and personal supporter of her father, George III. His favour within the Royal Family and his father's influence brought him a number of sinecures to support him. However, Villiers was more interested in the operation of the royal farms at Windsor Castle than in politics or the duties of his offices. When his bookkeeping as Paymaster of the Marines was carefully examined in 1810, Villiers's carelessness and the speculation of his clerk had left him in debt to the Crown by more than £250,000. This exposure touched off a public scandal; Villiers promptly surrendered all his property to the Crown and threw himself on the king's mercy. The misconduct of Joseph Hunt as Treasurer of the Ordnance to some extent obscured Villiers's own misconduct, and he was able to retain other sinecures and a stable, if reduced, income from them until his death in 1827.
Everything about George Villiers →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- November 23, 1759
- Died
- March 21, 1827