George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon

The Right Honourable The Earl of Clarendon KG KP GCB PC
The 4th Earl of Clarendon, c. 1860s
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 21 February 1853 – 26 February 1858
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Aberdeen The Viscount Palmerston
Preceded by	Lord John Russell
Succeeded by	The Earl of Malmesbury
In office 3 November 1865 – 6 July 1866
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl Russell
Preceded by	The Earl Russell
Succeeded by	Lord Stanley
In office 9 December 1868 – 27 June 1870
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by	Lord Stanley
Succeeded by	The Earl Granville
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 31 October 1840 – 23 June 1841
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Viscount Melbourne
Preceded by	The Lord Holland
Succeeded by	Sir George Grey
In office 7 April 1864 – 3 November 1865
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Viscount Palmerston The Earl Russell
Preceded by	Edward Cardwell
Succeeded by	George Goschen
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
In office 22 May 1847 – 1 March 1852
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	Lord John Russell
Preceded by	The Earl of Bessborough
Succeeded by	The Earl of Eglinton
President of the Board of Trade
In office 6 July 1846 – 22 July 1847
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Lord John Russell
Preceded by	The Marquess of Dalhousie
Succeeded by	Henry Labouchere
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 15 January 1840 – 30 August 1841
Prime Minister	The Viscount Melbourne
Preceded by	The Earl of Bessborough
Succeeded by	The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Personal details
Born	12 January 1800 (1800-01-12) London, England
Died	27 June 1870 (1870-06-28) (aged 70) London, England
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Lady Katherine Grimston ​ ​ (m. 1839)​
Children	8
Parent(s)	George Villiers Theresa Parker
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge
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George William 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. Following diplomatic postings, he served a succession of Whig and Liberal administrations. This included as Viceroy in famine-stricken Ireland and, on the first of three occasions as Foreign Secretary, as the United Kingdom's chief representative at the Congress of Paris which ended the Crimean War.