John de Villiers, 1st Baron de Villiers (1842–1914) Charles Percy de Villiers, 2nd Baron de Villiers (1871–1934) Arthur Percy de Villiers, 3rd Baron de Villiers...
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John Henry de Villiers, 1st Baron de Villiers, KCMG, PC (15 June 1842 – 2 September 1914) was a Cape lawyer and judge. He was Attorney-General in the Molteno...
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Christopher Guest (redirect from Christopher Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest)
Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born 5 February 1948), known professionally as Christopher Guest, is a British-American actor, comedian...
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chief justice of the Cape Colony, Sir (John) Henry de Villiers (later created The 1st Baron de Villiers), being appointed the first chief justice of the...
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John de Villiers may refer to: John de Villiers, 1st Baron de Villiers (1842–1914), Cape lawyer and judge John de Villiers (cricketer, born 1930) (1930–1969)...
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Nathaniel Philip Victor James Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild (born 12 July 1971), is a British-born financier who settled in Switzerland and is a member...
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Baron de Ros (/ruːs/ ROOSS) of Helmsley is the premier baron in the Peerage of England, created in 1288/89 for William de Ros, with precedence to 24 December...
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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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Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh, KBE, PC (born 28 October 1950) is a British peer and UK Independence Party politician. Hesketh succeeded...
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among barons is: Barons of England Lords of Parliament of Scotland Barons of Great Britain Barons of Ireland Barons of the United Kingdom However barons of...
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David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet (born 12 June 1957), is a Canadian/British hereditary peer and media magnate. Upon the death of...
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Charles Shaughnessy (redirect from Charles Shaughnessy, 5th Baron Shaughnessy)
Charles George Patrick Shaughnessy, 5th Baron Shaughnessy (born 9 February 1955) is a British actor. His roles on American television include Shane Donovan...
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Frederick Matthew Thomas Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, Baron Ponsonby of Roehampton (born 27 October 1958), is a British peer and Labour Party...
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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. She was the daughter of Anthony Beaumont of Glenfield, Leicestershire, a direct descendant of Henry de Beaumont...
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mother of Mary Villiers, Duchess of Richmond and of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (who inherited her title as 19th Baron de Ros). She wrote...
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Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Charles Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley, KCVO, TD, FCA (born 30 June 1957), is a British hereditary peer, former Parliamentary...
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Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Viscount Gladstone (until 27 July). Baron De Villiers (acting, 27 July to 2 September). Sir James Rose Innes (acting, 2...
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Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, CH, PC (born 22 February 1960), known informally as Tom Strathclyde, is a British...
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Earl of Clarendon (redirect from George Villiers, 8th Earl of Clarendon)
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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Villiers-Stuart (1872–1961) was a Brigadier-General in the British Army and fought in the First World War. Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de...
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and Baron Villiers of Daventry. With little ability of his own, Villiers prospered chiefly thanks to the influence of his brother George Villiers, 1st...
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Jonathan Bryan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne (born 16 March 1930), is a British peer, businessman and writer. A member of the Guinness family, he is the elder...
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Adam Nicolson (redirect from Adam Nicolson, 5th Baron Carnock)
about history, landscape, great literature and the sea. He is also the 5th Baron Carnock, but does not use the title. He is noted for his books Sea Room...
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November 1870 he married Susanna Margaretha de Villiers, the first cousin of John de Villiers, 1st Baron de Villiers. They had 10 children: Rachel Gerhardina...
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Max Egremont (redirect from John Max Henry Scawen Wyndham, 7th Baron Leconfield)
John Max Henry Scawen Wyndham, 7th Baron Leconfield, 2nd Baron Egremont, FRSL, DL (born 21 April 1948), generally known as Max Egremont, is a British...
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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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Charles Ronald George Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket (born 12 February 1952), also known as Charlie Brocket, is a peer, business owner and television presenter...
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John Jacob "Johnny" Astor VIII, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, PC, DL (born 16 June 1946), is an English businessman and politician from the Astor family....
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siblings were Van Rensselaer Choate King, Ruth King (who married Baron de Villiers du Terrage), Dorothy King (wife of Stanley Griswold Flagg). Her father...
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viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland 443 Hereditary Barons: see List of barons in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Women: see List of peerages...
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