Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Clarendon
PC
The Right Honourable The Earl of Clarendon PC
Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Augustus III
	In office; 1738–1742
Monarch	George II
Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Maria Theresa
	In office; 1742–1743
Monarch	George II
Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Frederick II of Prussia
	In office; 1746–1748
Monarch	George II
Member of Parliament; for Tamworth
	In office; 1747–1756
Prime Minister	Henry Pelham; The Duke of Newcastle
Preceded by	Lord John Sackville
Succeeded by	William de Grey
Postmaster General
	In office; 1763–1765
Prime Minister	George Grenville
Preceded by	The Earl of Egmont
Succeeded by	The Earl of Bessborough
	In office; 1786 – his death
Prime Minister	William Pitt the Younger
Preceded by	The Earl of Tankerville
Succeeded by	The Lord Walsingham
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
	In office; 1771–1782
Prime Minister	The Lord North
Preceded by	The Lord Strange
Succeeded by	The Lord Ashburton
	In office; 1783–1786
Prime Minister	William Pitt the Younger
Preceded by	The Earl of Derby
Succeeded by	The Lord Hawkesbury
Personal details
Born	1709
Died	11 December 1786 (aged 76/77); Watford, England
Party	Whig
Spouse	Lady Charlotte Capell
Children	Thomas Villiers, 2nd Earl of Clarendon; John Villiers, 3rd Earl of Clarendon; George Villiers; Lady Charlotte Barbara Villiers;
Parents	William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey (father); Judith Herne (mother);
Alma mater	Queens' College, Cambridge
Occupation	Politician and diplomat

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Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon, PC (1709 – 11 December 1786) was a British politician and diplomat from the Villiers family.

Clarendon was the second son of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey, and his wife Judith Herne, daughter of Frederick Herne.