Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey

The Right Honourable
The Countess of Jersey
The Right Honourable The Countess of Jersey
	Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey. A mezzotint engraving by Thomas Watson (1743–1781), published in 1774 after the original portrait by Daniel Gardner.
Personal details
Born	Frances Twysden; 25 February 1753; London, England
Died	23 July 1821 (aged 68); Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Spouse	George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey (m. 1770)
Children	Charlotte, Lady William Russell; Lady Anne Wyndham; George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey; Caroline Campbell, Duchess of Argyll; Lady Georgiana Villiers; Lady Sarah Bayley; Hon. William Mansel; Lady Elizabeth Villiers; Frances Ponsonby, Viscountess Ponsonby; Lady Harriet Bagot;
Parent(s)	Philip Twysden; Frances Carter
Known for	Mistress of George IV

Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey (née Twysden; 25 February 1753 – 23 July 1821) was a British courtier and Lady of the Bedchamber, one of the more notorious of the many mistresses of King George IV when he was Prince of Wales, "a scintillating society woman, a heady mix of charm, beauty, and sarcasm".^[1]

^ Martin J. Levy, 'Villiers , Frances, countess of Jersey (1753–1821)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008

[PoW-1] Martin J. Levy, 'Villiers , Frances, countess of Jersey (1753–1821)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008

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