• great-grandson of the 4th Earl of Clarendon. Villiers was born on 29 September 1933 in London, the son of Eric Hyde Villiers and Joan Ankaret Talbot. He was brought...
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  • Villiers (/ˈvɪlərz/ VIL-ərz) is an aristocratic family in the United Kingdom. Over time, various members of the Villiers family were made knights, baronets...
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  • of King James I's favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. John Villiers, born about 1591, was the eldest son of Sir George Villiers of Brooksby...
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  • Look up villiers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Villiers may refer to: Villiers, Indre, in the Indre département Villiers, Vienne, in the Vienne département...
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    Villiers, Countess of Buckingham (née Beaumont; c. 1570 – 19 April 1632) is perhaps best known as the mother of the royal favourite George Villiers,...
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    the public. Villiers was born in Brooksby, Leicestershire, on 20 August 1592, the second son of the minor gentleman Sir George Villiers (1550–1606) from...
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    ambitious Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham, to marry her son. However, Manners was a strict Roman Catholic, and the King refused to allow Villiers to marry...
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  • Mary & George (category Cultural depictions of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham)
    Julianne Moore as Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham Nicholas Galitzine as George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham Tony Curran as James VI and I Laurie Davidson...
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  • Christopher Francis Villiers (born 7 September 1960) is an English actor, screenwriter and producer. Villiers was born in London, the son of Royal Air...
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  • George Villiers may refer to: George Villiers (died 1606) (c. 1544–1606), minor English gentleman, father of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham George...
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  • Sim, William Mervyn, Coral Browne, Harry Andrews, Carolyn Seymour, James Villiers and Arthur Lowe. It was produced by Jules Buck and directed by Peter...
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    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...
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    Gareth Russell's opinion is that "James and Villiers were indeed passionate lovers". Benjamin Woolley, biographer of Villiers, says the language the King and...
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    prominent diplomat and politician Thomas Villiers, second son of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey. Villiers was Envoy to Vienna and Berlin and served...
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  • Miller, Rosalyn Landor, Marc Granger, Diana Dors, Madeline Smith, and James Villiers. In 1918, war widow, Mrs. Allen (Dorothy Alison) and her children, Lucy...
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  • the 1973–1981 radio drama series What Ho! Jeeves, Spode was voiced by James Villiers (The Code of the Woosters) and Paul Eddington (Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves)...
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  • Bill Tanner (category James Bond characters)
    find Scaramanga. In For Your Eyes Only, Bill Tanner (now played by James Villiers due to Michael Goodliffe's death in 1976) is given a bigger role, as...
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  • Robes to King James I. In 1623 he was ennobled as Earl of Anglesey and Baron Villiers of Daventry. With little ability of his own, Villiers prospered chiefly...
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  • is a 1971 British horror film starring Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon and James Villiers. It was director Seth Holt's final film, and was loosely adapted from...
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    series between 2002 and 2015. He also played the role of Bill Tanner in two James Bond films opposite Pierce Brosnan, and that of John Farrow in BBC Four's...
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  • James FitzGerald-Villiers (1708 – 12 December 1732), styled Lord Villiers from 1721, was an Anglo-Irish politician from the Villiers family. FitzGerald-Villiers...
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    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...
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  • Col. William "Bill" Tanner. Michael Goodliffe (1974) (uncredited) James Villiers (1981) Michael Kitchen (1995–1999) Rory Kinnear (2008–present) Mary...
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  • senator. Ben Gazzara as Jack Flowers Denholm Elliott as William Leigh James Villiers as Frogget Joss Ackland as Yardley Rodney Bewes as Smale Mark Kingston...
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  • involving the aristocratic Cyon family. The cast includes John Hurt, James Villiers, Gordon Jackson, Ann Bell, and Majel Barrett. William Sebastian is a...
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  • directed by Robert Freeman and starring Judy Huxtable, Esther Anderson and James Villiers. It was written by Ian La Frenais from a story by Donald Cammell. Cammell...
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  • Tobias Menzies as Villiers: M's young secretary at MI6 headquarters. His character's last name is a reference to James Villiers, who portrayed Bill...
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    Ronald Fraser, Freddie Jones, Vivian Pickles, Nicholas Courtney, and James Villiers. Moreover, Evelyn Waugh had met and approved Giles Cooper as the scriptwriter...
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  • descendant of Charles II's mistress Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, and a great-great grandchild of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, who served...
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  • Fanny. It also starred Ronald Fraser, John Carson, Patrick Troughton, James Villiers, Cyril Luckham and Brian Glover. The screenplays were written by Gloria...
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