Family and Education
b. c. 1661, o.s. William Herbert, later mq. of Powis, and Elizabeth, da. Edward Somerset, 2nd mq. of Worcester. educ. unknown. m. c. Aug. 1685 (with £30,000?), Add. 70127, K. Bromfield to Abigail, Lady Harley, 25 July 1685. Mary (d. 8 Jan. 1724), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Preston, 3rd bt. of Furness, Lancs., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 2 July 1696. d. 22 Oct. 1745; will 6 Apr. 1742, pr. 1748. TNA, C54/5739; CP, x. 649, note k.
Offices Held
Dep. lt. Wales (Anglesey, Brec., Caern., Card., Carm., Denb., Flint, Glam., Merion., Mont., Pemb., Rad.), Mon. 26 Feb.-25 Dec. 1688.
Col., regt. of ft. 1687 – 88.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Powis Castle, Mont.; Hendon, Mdx.; Lincoln’ Inn Fields, Mdx. (to 1705); Powis House, Great Ormond Street, Mdx (from 1705).E. Hatton, New View of London (1708), ii. 623-39; Survey of London, iii. 114-16; Wheatley, London Past and Present, iii. 118-19.;
Likenesses
attrib. Francois de Troy, oil on canvas, 1700-45, National Trust, Coughton Court, Warws.
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