George Villiers, second duke of Buckingham

(1628-1687)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628-1687 NRA: Villiers George (1628-1687) 2nd Duke of Buckingham statesman DNB: Villiers, George, second duke of Buckingham (1628-1687), politician and wit LBT ID: DuBucki2 VIAF ID: 41858327 LOC ID: n50041360	B/BAP: 1628-01-30 DIED: 1687-04-16
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Restoration courtier and wit; he was the author of The Rehearsal (1671) mocking the tragedies of the day.
REFERENCES TO George Villiers, second duke of Buckingham: Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Lord Byron. Found 2: ¶ 86 ¶ 116 Douglas Jerrold to Lady Morgan, 20 December [1850] in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Found 1: ¶ 1 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XVII Found 1: ¶ 8 Chapter XXVII Found 1: ¶ 4 Chapter XXXV