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Ernest Amherst Villiers (14 November 1863–26 September 1923), was a British clergyman and Liberal politician.

Villiers was the son of Reverend Charles Villiers of Croft, Yorkshire, and his wife Florence Mary (née Tyssen-Amherst). His great-grandfather, the Hon. George Villiers, was the third son of Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon.^[1]

Educated at Uppingham School and Peterhouse, Cambridge,^[2] he was ordained as an Anglican priest. After three years as a curate in Halifax, he became rector of Haveringland, Norfolk.^[1]

Villiers married the Hon. Elaine Augusta, daughter of Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne, in 1898. The couple had 2 sons and 2 daughters.^[1]

He resigned from holy orders to pursue a political career, and was elected to the House of Commons for Brighton at a by-election on 5 April 1905 caused by the appointment of one of the two members as a minister. He won the by-election by 817 votes and held the seat at the 1906 general election, increasing his majority to 853, but then chose not to contest the January 1910 general election.^[3]

Villiers died at his residence, Speen Court, Newbury, Berkshire in September 1923, aged 59. He was buried in the graveyard of Speen Parish Church.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Obituary: Mr. E. A. Villiers". 27 September 1923. p. 12.
^ "Villiers, Ernest Amherst (VLRS885EA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ The Liberal Year Book for 1910, pp.218-219

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ernest Villiers
http://www.leighrayment.com/
http://www.thepeerage.com/
http://www.stirnet.com/ (subscription only)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gerald Loder Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth	Member of Parliament for Brighton 1905 – 1910 With: Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth 1905–1906 Edward Aurelian Ridsdale 1906–1910	Succeeded by George Tryon Walter Rice

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[obit-1] "Obituary: Mr. E. A. Villiers". 27 September 1923. p. 12.

[2] "Villiers, Ernest Amherst (VLRS885EA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[3] The Liberal Year Book for 1910, pp.218-219

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