The Earl of Clarendon | |
|---|---|
 The 4th Earl of Clarendon, c. 1860s | |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 21 February 1853 – 26 February 1858 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Aberdeen The Viscount Palmerston |
| Preceded by | Lord John Russell |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Malmesbury |
| In office 3 November 1865 – 6 July 1866 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl Russell |
| Preceded by | The Earl Russell |
| Succeeded by | Lord Stanley |
| In office 9 December 1868 – 27 June 1870 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Lord Stanley |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Granville |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| In office 31 October 1840 – 23 June 1841 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Melbourne |
| Preceded by | The Lord Holland |
| Succeeded by | Sir George Grey |
| In office 7 April 1864 – 3 November 1865 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Palmerston The Earl Russell |
| Preceded by | Edward Cardwell |
| Succeeded by | George Goschen |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
| In office 22 May 1847 – 1 March 1852 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Lord John Russell |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Bessborough |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Eglinton |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
| In office 6 July 1846 – 22 July 1847 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Lord John Russell |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Dalhousie |
| Succeeded by | Henry Labouchere |
| Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
| In office 15 January 1840 – 30 August 1841 | |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Melbourne |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Bessborough |
| Succeeded by | The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1800 London, England |
| Died | 27 June 1870 (aged 70) London, England |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Lady Katherine Grimston
(m. 1839) |
| Children | 8 |
| Parent(s) | George Villiers Theresa Parker |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
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George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, KG, KP, GCB, PC (12 January 1800 – 27 June 1870) was an English diplomat and statesman from the Villiers family. Following diplomatic postings, he served a succession of Whig and Liberal administrations. This included as Viceroy in famine-stricken Ireland and, on the first of three occasions as Foreign Secretary, as the United Kingdom's chief representative at the Congress of Paris which ended the Crimean War.