Thomas Villiers, 2nd Earl of Clarendon

Captain Thomas Villiers, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (25 December 1753 – 7 March 1824), styled as Lord Hyde from 1776 to 1786, was a British Tory politician and military officer who represented Christchurch and Helston in the House of Commons of Great Britain between 1774 and 1786.

Life

Clarendon was the eldest son of Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon, and his wife Lady Charlotte Capell, and was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge. He was elected to the House of Commons for Christchurch in 1774, a seat he held until 1780. He later represented Helston between 1781 and 1786, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords. He served as a cornet in the Western Troop, Hertfordshire Yeomanry, under the command of his younger brother George, and when George resigned he was promoted to captain to command in his place. He lived at The Grove, a country house near Watford, Hertfordshire. Lord Clarendon died in March 1824, aged 70. He never married and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother John Charles Villiers.