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George Villiers
b.1550
d.4 Jan 1606
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Name George Villiers
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1550
Marriage to Mary Beaumont
Marriage to Audrey Saunders
Death[1] 4 Jan 1606
Reference Number? Q5545499?


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Sir George Villiers (c. 1544 – 4 January 1606) was an English knight and country gentleman. He was a High Sheriff of Leicestershire for the year 1591, and later was briefly a Knight of the Shire, a Member of Parliament representing the county of Leicestershire.

He was the father of James I's favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham and of several other sons who became prominent at court, establishing the Villiers family at the heart of royal circles for several generations.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 George Villiers (of Brokesby), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.