716 Edward Villiers aka Lord Hyde

Constituency : Brecon  1869-70

Edward  Villiers  ( aka  Lord  Hyde )  took  Brecon  when  the  Tory  MP's  election  was  declared  void.

Edward  was  the  son  and  heir  of  the  Earl  of  Clarendon  the   Foreign  Secretary  ( an  office  he had  also  held  under  Aberdeen, Palmerston  and  |Russell ). He  was  educated  at  Harrow  and Cambridge.  He  contested  South  Warwickshire  in  1868.

Edward  was  only  an  MP  for  a  brief  time  as  his  father  died  in  1870  and  he  succeeded  to  the  earldom.

Edward  was  part  of  the  Liberal  Unionist  secession  and  became  a  Lord-in-Waiting  in  1895. In 1900  he  became  Lord  President  of  the  Council  and  held  the  position  until  Balfour's government  fell  in  1905. He  was  aide-to-camp  to  both  Victoria  and  Edward VII.

Edward  was  a  keen  cricketer  and  a  supporter  of  football  nurturing  what  became  Watford FC.

He  died  in  1914  aged  68.