William Child-Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey
George Francis William Child-Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey (born 5 February 1976), known professionally as William Villiers, is a British nobleman and peer from the Villiers family. He is a former producer, actor and writer. He is currently Director of Intellectual Property for Handmade Films.
Jersey is the eldest son of guitarist George Child-Villiers, Viscount Villiers and his second wife, Sacha (née Valpy), and was educated at St. Michael's School, Jersey, until the age of 8, then Mount House School, , Devon; Canford School, Wimborne, Dorset; Nene College (now Northampton University); and Birmingham School of Speech and Drama. On the death of his father on 19 March 1998, he was briefly styled Viscount Grandison (in accordance with the family's tradition whereby each heir is alternately styled Viscount Villiers and then Viscount Grandison). He succeeded his grandfather as 10th Earl of Jersey in August of that year and took his seat in the House of Lords in 1999, shortly before the reformation of the House.
In 2007, the Earl of Jersey put up for sale the family home, Radier Manor, along with several properties and around 70 acres (280,000 m2) of land on Jersey with an asking price of £12.5 million. However, the property was later withdrawn from the agents' listings.
On 16 August 2003, the Earl wed Marianne Simonne De Guelle, daughter of Peter and Jeannette De Guelle, in St Martin de Grouville, Jersey. They have four children:
He is a second cousin of actor Bart Ruspoli.
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