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  2. Baron Herbert is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ in 1461 for William Herbert, who was later made Earl of Pembroke. The second Earl of Pembroke surrendered his earldom in return for the earldom of Huntingdon, which became extinct on his death without male issue.

  3. Mar 17, 2023 · In 1551, Herbert was made Lord Lieutenant for all the Welsh counties, Baron Herbert of Cardiff and Earl of Pembroke. King Edward VI visited his home at Wilton in 1552.

  4. His title: It’s something like the right honorable, the 18th earl of Pembroke, the 15th earl of Montgomery. Then it goes on — Baron Herbert of Cardiff, Baron Herbert of Shurland and...

    • William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke of The Second Creation
    • Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl Pembroke
    • William Herbert, 3rd Earl Pembroke
    • Philip Herbert, 4th Earl Pembroke
    • Philip Herbert, 5th Earl Pembroke

    The eldest son of Sir Richard Herbert ('Ddu') of Ewyas, bastard of William Herbert (died 1469), earl of Pembroke of the first creation, his mother being the daughter of Sir Matthew Cradock of Swansea, Receiver of Glamorgan. After a wild youth, in the course of which he fought in France and won the favour of the French king, he entered the service o...

    Eldest son of the 1st earl, was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He entered into his father's plans for lady Jane Grey, and was married (25 May 1553) to her sister Catherine, but divorced her (1554) after the plot failed, was made a K.B. (1553) and a member of the suite of king Philip (after whom he named his second son), and served with his fath...

    Educated at New College, Oxford (matriculated 8 March 1593). Cecil, who wished him to succeed his father at Ludlow (having, it was alleged, been a paramour of the 3rd earl's wife Mary Sidney), was unable to overcome Elizabeth's prejudice against his morals, but James I, who visited him at Wilton soon after his accession and twice later, named him c...

    The younger brother of the 3rd earl, educated with him at New College and sharing his literary tastes (witness the joint dedication of the Shakespeare folio, 1623) and his interest in colonial and industrial enterprise, including the glass monopoly (with works at Milford Haven and in the North) in which he became partner in 1615 but sold out his sh...

    sat as lord Herbert for Glamorgan in the Long Parliament, following his father's politics and becoming parliamentary nominee for the lord lieutenancies of Monmouthshire, Glamorgan and Brecknock (where he was soon superseded by his father), and presiding over the Commonwealth Council of State in 1652. After the Restoration he was custos rotulorum fo...

  5. May 9, 2018 · In 1551, Herbert was made Lord Lieutenant for all of the Welsh counties, and on 10th October 1551, he was made Baron Herbert of Cardiff and, the next day, 1st Earl of Pembroke (of the 10th creation). In 1552, following the Duke of Somerset’s execution, Herbert was granted lands in north Wiltshire.

  6. Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert (born March 3, 1583, Eyton-on-Severn, Shropshire, Eng.—died Aug. 5, 1648, London) was an English courtier, soldier, diplomat, historian, metaphysical poet, and philosopher. He is also remembered as "the father of English Deism" and for his revealing Autobiography.

  7. Sep 11, 2023 · Soon after the decisive Yorkist victory at the Battle of Towton in 1461, Herbert replaced Jasper Tudor as Earl of Pembroke which gave him control of Pembroke Castle. However, he fell out with Lord Warwick "the Kingmaker" in 1469, when Warwick turned against the King.

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