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The Right HonourableThe Earl of Pembroke and

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Thomas Herbert by John Greenhill

First Lord of the Admiralty

In office1690–1692

Monarch William III and Mary II

Preceded by The Earl of Torrington

Succeeded by The Lord Cornwallis

Lord Privy Seal

In office1692–1699

Preceded by In CommissionLast held by Lord Halifax

Succeeded by The Viscount Lonsdale

Lord President of the Council

In office18 May 1699 – 29 January 1702

Monarch William III

Preceded by The Duke of Leeds

Succeeded by The Duke of Somerset

In office9 July 1702 – 25 November 1708

Monarch Anne

Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of PembrokeFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earlof Montgomery KG PC PRS (c. 1656 – 22 January 1733),styled The Honourable Thomas Herbert until 1683, wasan English and later British statesman during the reigns ofWilliam III and Anne.

Contents1 Background2 Public life3 Marriages & progeny4 References

BackgroundHerbert was the third son of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl ofPembroke and his wife Catharine Villiers, daughter of SirWilliam Villiers, 1st Baronet. Both of his brothers havingdied without a male heir, he succeeded to the earldoms in1683.

Public lifeFrom 1690 to 1692 Pembroke was First Lord of theAdmiralty. He then served as Lord Privy Seal until 1699,being in 1697 the first plenipotentiary of Great Britain atthe congress of Ryswick. On two occasions he was LordHigh Admiral for a short period; he was also LordPresident of the Council and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,while he acted as one of the Lords Justices seven times;and he was President of the Royal Society in 1689–1690.He is the dedicatee of John Locke's An Essay ConcerningHuman Understanding and Thomas Greenhill's The Art ofEmbalming".

Marriages & progenyHe married thrice:

Firstly in 1684 to Margaret Sawyer, only daughterof Sir Robert Sawyer of Highclere Castle by hiswife Margaret Suckeley, by whom he had sevensons and five daughters:

Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke (c.1689–1750), eldest son and heir

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Preceded by The Duke of Somerset

Succeeded by The Lord Somers

Hon. Robert Sawyer Herbert (d. 1769), whoinherited Highclere CastleHon. Charles HerbertHon. Thomas Herbert (c.1695–1739)Maj-Gen. Hon. William Herbert (c.1696–31 March 1757), married Catherine Elizabeth Tewes (-28 August 1770) and had Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, who inherited Highclere Castlefrom his uncleHon. John HerbertHon. Nicholas Herbert (c.1706–1775)Lady Catherine Herbert (d. September 1716), wife of Sir Nicholas Morice, 2nd BaronetLady Margaret Herbert (d. 15 December 1752)Lady Elizabeth HerbertLady Anne HerbertLady Rebecca Herbert, wife of William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny

Secondly he married Barbara Slingsby (d. 1 August 1721), daughter of Sir Thomas Slingsby, 2ndBaronet and widow of John Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Trerice (1649–1698), of Trerice,Cornwall,[1] by whom he had one daughter:

Lady Barbara Herbert (d. 27 December 1752), who on 3 October 1730 married Edward DudleyNorth.

Thirdly he married Mary Howe (d. 1749), sister of Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe, without progeny.She subsequently married John Mordaunt, MP.

ReferencesPedigree of Arundell of Trerice, Vivian, J.L., ed. (1887). The Visitations of Cornwall: comprising the Heralds'Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620; with additions by J.L. Vivian. Exeter: W. Pollard, p.14 [1] (http://ukga.org/england/Cornwall/visitations/p011.html)

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Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England: showing the succession,dignities, and offices of every peer from 1066 to 1885, Vol. III. London: Longmans, Green & Co.Retrieved 2007-01-25.Collins, Arthur (1812). Peerage of England. F. C. and J. Rivington. pp. 142–143. Retrieved2007-11-03.


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Parliament of England

Preceded byThomas Mompesson

John Berkenhead

Member of Parliament for Wilton1679–1683

With: Thomas Penruddocke 1679Sir John Nicholas 1679–1683

Succeeded bySir John Nicholas

Oliver Nicholas

Political officesPreceded by

The Earl of TorringtonFirst Lord of the Admiralty

1690–1692Succeeded by

The Lord CornwallisPreceded by

In CommissionLord Privy Seal


The Viscount LonsdalePreceded by

The Duke of LeedsLord President of the Council


The Duke of SomersetPreceded by

The Earl of Bridgewater(First Lord of the Admiralty)

Lord High Admiral1701–1702

Succeeded byPrince George of Denmark

Preceded byThe Duke of Somerset

Lord President of the Council1702–1708

Succeeded byThe Lord Somers

Preceded byThe Duke of Ormonde

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland1707–1708

Succeeded byThe Earl of Wharton

Preceded byQueen Anne

Lord High Admiral1708–1709

Succeeded byThe Earl of Orford

(First Lord of the Admiralty)

Military offices

New regiment Colonel of the 2nd Maritime Regiment1690–1691

Succeeded byHenry Killigrew

Honorary titles

Preceded byThe Earl of Pembroke

Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshirejointly with The Earl of Yarmouth 1688–1689

1683–1733

Succeeded byThe Earl of Pembroke

Custos Rotulorum of Glamorgan1683–1728

Succeeded byThe Duke of Bolton

Custos Rotulorum of Pembrokeshire1683–1715 Succeeded by

Sir Arthur Owen, Bt

Preceded byThe Earl of Macclesfield

Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire1694–1715

Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire andMonmouthshire

1694–1715

Succeeded byJohn Morgan

Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire1694–1715

Succeeded byThe Viscount Lisburne

Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire1694–1715

VacantTitle next held byGeorge Rice

Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan1694–1715

VacantTitle next held by

The Duke of Bolton


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Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire1694–1715

Succeeded byThe Lord Coningsby

Peerage of EnglandPreceded by

Philip HerbertEarl of Pembroke


Henry Herbert

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