MARK OF CHARLES FREDERICK HANCOCK, LONDON, 1867

The earl was born in his father's house in Berkeley Square, London - a godparent being Queen Victoria, a friend of his grandfather Sir Robert Peel. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College Oxford. Tragedy struck the family when he was only 14. He succeeded to the earldom following the death of both his grandfather and father only weeks apart. He thus became the owner of the family bank Child and Co. at a very young age. He pursued a career in politics and served as a government whip in the House of Lords between 1875 and 1877 under Disraeli. He returned to the government in 1889 when Lord Salisbury made him Paymaster-General. He was a Privy Councillor and in was appointed Governor of New South Wales in 1890. He was described as 'amiable and well-intentioned', but 'very much occupied with his own family'. He resigned due to business demands in 1892 and returned to England. He served the government in Canada at the Colonial Conference in 1894. He married the Hon. Margaret Elizabeth Leigh, daughter and eldest child of William Henry Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh, in 1872. They had six children, the eldest of whom, George, succeeded him as 8th Earl of Jersey in 1915 following his death at his seat Osterley Park, just outside London.