Villiers, George William Frederick, fourth earl of Clarendon (1800–1870), politician

by David Steele

  • Necessity and ambition, 1820–1833
  • Minister plenipotentiary to Spain, 1833–1839
  • The cabinet and whig politics, 1839–1847
  • Viceroy of Ireland, 1847–1852
  • Foreign secretary, 1852–1858, and candid friend, 1858–1864
  • Last years at the Foreign Office, 1865–1866, 1868–1870, and domestic politics
  • A want of popular fibre

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See also

Themes

  • Secretaries of state for foreign affairs
  • Holland House set
  • Presidents of the Board of Trade and successor offices
  • Ireland

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  • Bibliography of British and Irish history
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Register of Archives

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