Residences
The 9th Earl was responsible for the remodelling of the family seat, Middleton Stoney in Oxfordshire, and employed Edwin Lutyens as architect. When he tried to give Middleton to the National Trust, they refused on the grounds that the house had been remodelled by Lutyens – whose houses they now seek particularly. The 9th Earl gave Osterley Park in Hounslow to the nation in the late 1940s; he said of that house, "it took a trained staff of 12 to bring me a boiled egg in the morning, and the egg was always cold by the time it got to me!"
He moved to Radier Manor in Jersey shortly after, where he lived with Bianca until his death. Bianca died in March 2005.
Read more about this topic: George Child Villiers, 9th Earl Of Jersey
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