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Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers

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Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers (1800-1870)

British Liberal diplomat, lord lieutenant of Ireland 1847-52, foreign secretary 1853-58, 1865-66, and 1868-70.

He was posted to Ireland at the time of the potato famine. His diplomatic skill was shown at the Congress of Paris in 1856 and in the settlement of the dispute between Britain and the USA over the Alabama cruiser.


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