november march styled honourable british politician family youngest son diplomat lord later earl intimate princess personal supporter father favour father influence brought number support interested operation royal farms windsor castle politics duties offices marines carefully examined speculation clerk left debt crown exposure touched public scandal promptly surrendered property crown threw king mercy misconduct treasurer ordnance extent obscured misconduct able retain stable reduced income death upbringing political career youngest son 1st earl maternal grandparents 3rd earl essex george like brother educated college cambridge graduating presumably influence father chancellor lancaster ministry appointed groom george iii january clerk august polished earned nickname tiger party support king observed remarkably slim slight delicate person match nickname purchased support lord returned member parliament election january march shortly entry parliament appointed office ultimately prove salary post fixed reform captain commanding newly raised gentlemen elected unopposed stand borough friend government rarely attended house commented letter loss impact member parliament married lord daughter bear children decades leaving parliament continued presence court carried messages princess royal king duties office extended inspector general marines salary year commissioned captain prepared king behalf fulfill desire comprehensive ministry frustrated bring friends enjoyed considerable favour king granted private bounty compelled refuse office windsor park allowed hold simultaneous office groom king determined place charge farms windsor family lived windsor old lodge appointed ranger moved newly renovated residence wife particularly intimate king favourite daughter accounting royal favour shown fall formation portland government duke cumberland vigorously lobbied portland grant office grounds having rendered important services unsuccessful death surveyor general land revenues crown portland proposed replace office surveyor general woods forests parks chases held lord man commission commissioners woods forests junior commissioners reorganisation crown lands temporarily halted portland resignation formation new government created embarrassing difficulty interest choose serve brother law 2nd lord canning friend proposed appointment universally popular lord proposed senior commissioner anger nomination journal nonetheless continued press claims office letter october said turned pension reasons publicly alluded received promise portland replace surveyor general land revenues post worth satisfied addition provided retain office fact office engine political destruction appears received offices vice admiralty court gibraltar marshal vice admiralty court antigua time scandal disgrace value office like marines lay official salary attached accounting procedures associated funds allowed official retain large sums public money hands years accounts office reformed avoid abuses changes extended marines tenure appears taken little interest official duties inspector general leaving affairs hands waters private secretary came office waters appointed chief clerk department rising deputy waters invested real estate money passing office unfortunately waters funds interest accounts office aware state office accounts waters retired independently wealthy man lose fortune investments regime december aware state accounts credit immediately resigned took responsibility official debts allowed resignation directly king face master informed king state affairs letter january laying blame situation largely waters letter noted reports circulating subject extent impossible hope subject parliamentary observation time accounts year revealing sum point advice brother law offered property crown hope pay entire sum found wanting means episode left condition nervous children support letter political register january estimated debt interest run fortunately case prosecuted degree protected joint efforts friends whig george quick action surrendering property extent treasurer ordnance attracted attention saved wrath finance committee report matter noted writ extent raised sale property bond posted took office committee recommended abolition office marines transfer duties treasurer navy recommendation immediately acted left debt annual income property disgrace resignation replaced lord brother lost prospective place commissioner woods forests informed release finance committee report king removed supervision farms windsor lost news threw state great mental distress wrote king begging suspend judgement points raised committee report king replied remove office circumstances extended sympathy suspended judgement final disaster occurred november died death wife attempted blackmail threatening letter doctor sir release correspondence shock sister princess mary family finally moved accounts dragged prolonged enemies fiscal length balance found time career ruined left office groom retained vice admiralty death heir died marriage children april george married daughter 1st baron second wife robinson maternal grandparents 1st baron children february march 4th earl january june january december january january lady march november married novelist november daughter husband death married politician sir 2nd october february november march october married daughter 1st baron leaving son daughters daughter married 1st earl lady queen_victoria majesty queen march march january august death april july died unmarried
George Villiers (1759–1827)