Sir Edward Villiers^{[1, 2, 3]}

1585 - 1626  (41 years)

• Name	Edward Villiers  [2]
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	1585  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Sep 1626	Yougal, Co Cork, Ireland   [2]
  Death	7 Sep 1626	Yougal, Co Cork, Ireland   [2]
  Person ID	I20457	DBH Twigs
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family ID

  F3516

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  Family	Viscountess Grandison of Limerick Lady Barbara St John,   b. Est 1590, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England d. Sep 1672 (Age 82 years)  [2, 3]
  Marriage	6 Oct 1610	Stanford on Avon, Leicestershire, England   [1, 2]
  Children	1. 2nd Viscount Grandison of Limerick Viscount William Villiers,   b. Est 1615   d. 20 Sep 1643, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Age 28 years)   2. 3rd Viscount Grandison of Limerick Villiers   3. 4th Viscount Grandison of Limerick Edward Villiers   4. Eleanor Villiers
  Family ID	F7256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  Edward's mercurial good fortune saw him temporarily flee the country in 1621, embroiled in controversy concerning a patent for the licensing of gold and silver thread.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Find My Past. [S539] http://lydiardhouse.blogspot.co.uk/2012_01_01_archive.html. [S797] DBHT (exported from Ancestry).ged. Record originated in...