Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Clarendon
PC
Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Augustus III
In office
1738–1742
MonarchGeorge II
Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Maria Theresa
In office
1742–1743
MonarchGeorge II
Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Frederick II of Prussia
In office
1746–1748
MonarchGeorge II
Member of Parliament
for Tamworth
In office
1747–1756
Prime MinisterHenry Pelham
The Duke of Newcastle
Preceded byLord John Sackville
Succeeded byWilliam de Grey
Postmaster General
In office
1763–1765
Prime MinisterGeorge Grenville
Preceded byThe Earl of Egmont
Succeeded byThe Earl of Bessborough
In office
1786 – his death
Prime MinisterWilliam Pitt the Younger
Preceded byThe Earl of Tankerville
Succeeded byThe Lord Walsingham
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
1771–1782
Prime MinisterThe Lord North
Preceded byThe Lord Strange
Succeeded byThe Lord Ashburton
In office
1783–1786
Prime MinisterWilliam Pitt the Younger
Preceded byThe Earl of Derby
Succeeded byThe Lord Hawkesbury
Personal details
Born1709
Died (aged 76/77)
Watford, England
NationalityEnglish
Political partyWhig
SpouseLady Charlotte Capell
Children
Parents
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge
OccupationPolitician and diplomat

Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon, PC (1709 – 11 December 1786) was a British politician and diplomat from the Villiers family.

Clarendon was the second son of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey, and his wife Judith Herne, daughter of Frederick Herne.