HERBERT, William (1642-74) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

bap. 14 July 1642, 1st. s. Philip Herbert, styled. Lord Herbert (later 5th earl of Pembroke) and 1st w. Penelope (1620-c.1647), da. of Sir Robert Naunton of Letherington, Suff.; half-bro. Philip Herbert, 7th earl of Pembroke and 4th earl of Montgomery Thomas Herbert, 8th earl of Pembroke and 5th earl of Montgomery. educ. privately (Mr. Christopher Wace); travelled abroad (France, tutors: Sir John Denham^‡, Sir Richard Fanshawe^‡) 1658-9. CSP Dom. 1658-9, pp. 449, 580; Memoirs of Ann, Lady Fanshawe (1907), 122-3. unm. d. 8 July 1674; will 3 June 1674, pr. 3 May 1676. TNA, PROB 11/352.

Offices Held

Dep. lt., Wilts. c.1660–?d., Glam. Jan. 1674–d.; freeman, Poole 1660; custos rot., Wilts. 1665 – d., Glam. and Pemb. 1670–d. CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 439; 1673–5, p. 116; J. Hutchins, Hist. and Antiquities of Dorset, i. 32.

Parlimentarian

HERBERT, William, Lord Herbert of Cardiff (1642-74).

Associated with: Wilton House, Wilts.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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