Villiers, George (1592 - 1628)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 6
Properties - 15
Total events naming patron - 13
Troupes - 5
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1592-08-28
Death Date: 1628-08-23

Notes

Assassinated by a disgruntled officer, Lieut John Felton, at Portsmouth

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Manners, Katherine (1605 - 1649)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1620-5-16
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

1st Marquess of Buckingham
4th Duke of Buckingham

Titles

  • Baron Whaddon
    Assumed 1616-08-27
    Vacated 1628-08-23
  • Viscount Villiers
    Assumed 1616-08-27
    Vacated 1628-08-23
  • 8th Earl of Buckingham
    Assumed 1616/17-01-05
    Vacated 1628-08-23
  • 1st Marquess of Buckingham
    Assumed 1617/18-01-01
    Vacated 1628-08-23
  • 4th Duke of Buckingham
    Assumed 1623-05-18
    Vacated 1628-08-23
  • 1st Earl of Coventry
    Assumed 1623-05-18
    Vacated 1628-08-23

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Chief Justice in Eyre, North of Trent 1616-7-23 1619
Keeper, Middlesex 1616-6-14 n.d. Hampton Court & Honour also in Surrey
Keeper, Buckinghamshire 1616 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Buckinghamshire 1616-9-16 1628-08-23
Privy Councillor, England 1616/17-2-4 n.d.
High Steward, Middlesex 1618 1628-08-23
Lord High Admiral, England 1618/19-1-28 1628-08-23
Chief Justice in Eyre, South of Trent by 1619-11-20 1628-08-23
Lord Lieut, Kent 1620-5-31 1620-06-8
High Steward, Northamptonshire 1622 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Middlesex 1622-6-1 1628-08-23
Constable, Kent 1624-7-17 1628-08-23
Warden, Sussex 1624-7-17 1628-08-23
Warden of the Cinque Ports, Kent 1624-7-17 1628-08-23 Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Constable, Berkshire 1624/5-1-15 n.d.
Chancellor, Cambridgeshire 1626-6-2 1628-08-23

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Whaddon, Buckinghamshire
  • New Hall, Essex
  • Wanstead, Essex
  • Brooksby, Leicestershire
  • Wallingford House, London (city-county)
  • York House, Middlesex
    Later known as Buckingham House
    Acquired: 1624
  • Burghley House, Rutland

Lands

  • Buckinghamshire
  • Derbyshire
  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Suffolk
  • Warwickshire: Combe & Smite Lordships & Manors
    Acquired: 1616
    Granted
  • Yorkshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1627-1628 Christ's College, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Buckingham's Musicians
Performance 1623-1624 Oxford (Unknown), Oxford , Oxfordshire Duke of Buckingham's Trumpeter/s
Performance 1627-1628 Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Buckingham's Trumpeters
Performance 1627-1628 Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Buckingham's Trumpeters
Performance 1627-1628 Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Buckingham's Trumpeters
Performance 1627-1628 Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Buckingham's Trumpeters
Performance 1627-1628 Oxford (Unknown), Oxford , Oxfordshire Duke of Buckingham's Trumpeters
Performance 1628-1628 Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Buckingham's Trumpeters
Performance 1629-1629 Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Buckingham's Trumpeters
Performance 1618-1618 Coventry (Unknown), Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Marquess of Buckingham's Trumpeter
Performance 1619-1619 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Marquess of Buckingham's Trumpeter
Performance 1619-1620 Oxford (Unknown), Oxford , Oxfordshire Marquess of Buckingham's Trumpeter/s
Performance 1622-1622 Coventry (Unknown), Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Marquess of Buckingham's Trumpeter/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Buckingham's Musicians Villiers, George (1592 - 1628) Musicians 1
Duke of Buckingham's Trumpeter/s Villiers, George (1592 - 1628) Musicians 1
Duke of Buckingham's Trumpeters Villiers, George (1592 - 1628) Musicians 7
Marquess of Buckingham's Trumpeter Villiers, George (1592 - 1628) Musicians 2
Marquess of Buckingham's Trumpeter/s Villiers, George (1592 - 1628) Musicians 2

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)