Sarah Villiers, Countess of Jersey Her husband, George Villiers, added the surname Child by royal licence. Lady Jersey married George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey, on 23 May 1804, in the drawing room of her house in Berkeley Square. Her husband's mother, Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey (also Lady Jersey), was one of the more notorious mistresses of King George IV when he was Prince of Wales. Her sister Maria married John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, later the 4th Earl of Bessborough, a brother of Lady Caroline Lamb. Her own affairs, though conducted discreetly, were said to be numerous: Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston,
Mary Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham Mary Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham Mary Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham (30 July 1638 – 20 October 1704), formerly Mary Fairfax, was the wife of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Mary was the daughter of Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, and his wife Anne. She was baptised at St Mary Bishophill Junior, York, on 1 August 1638. During the 1650s, she was tutored by Andrew Marvell. Mary was to have married Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, but developed a preference for Buckingham, whom she married on 15 September 1657 at Bolton Percy, following his return from exile.