Edward Villiers 1655?-1711

Edward VILLIERS, 1st Earl of Jersey 1655?-1711

Biographical Note

Politician and diplomat.

Books

Bookplate of Edward Villiers, Earl of Jersey (BM Franks Collection *69)

Used an engraved armorial bookplate. Library sold by retail sale in London, 25.11.1712 (joint sale; no catalogue survives).

Sources

• Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010
• Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.*69.
• Handley, Stuart. "Villiers, Edward, first earl of Jersey (1655?–1711), politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.