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Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke

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Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl

of Montgomery KG PC PRS (c. 1656 22 January 1733),
styled The Honourable Thomas Herbert until 1683, was
an English and later British statesman during the reigns of
William III and Anne.

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Pembroke and

Montgomery
KG PC

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Background
Public life
Marriages & progeny
References

Background
Herbert was the third son of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of
Pembroke and his wife Catharine Villiers, daughter of Sir
William Villiers, 1st Baronet. Both of his brothers having
died without a male heir, he succeeded to the earldoms in
1683.

Public life
From 1690 to 1692 Pembroke was First Lord of the
Admiralty. He then served as Lord Privy Seal until 1699,
being in 1697 the first plenipotentiary of Great Britain at
the congress of Ryswick. On two occasions he was Lord
High Admiral for a short period; he was also Lord
President 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 16891690.
He is the dedicatee of John Locke's An Essay Concerning
Human Understanding and Thomas Greenhill's The Art of
Embalming".

Thomas Herbert by John Greenhill

First Lord of the Admiralty
In office
16901692
Monarch

William III and Mary II

Preceded by

The Earl of Torrington

Succeeded by

The Lord Cornwallis

Lord Privy Seal
In office
16921699

Preceded by

Last held by Lord Halifax

Succeeded by

Firstly in 1684 to Margaret Sawyer, only daughter

of Sir Robert Sawyer of Highclere Castle by his
wife Margaret Suckeley, by whom he had seven
sons and five daughters:
Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke (c.
16891750), eldest son and heir

The Viscount Lonsdale

Lord President of the Council

In office

Marriages & progeny

He married thrice:

In Commission

18 May 1699 29 January 1702

Monarch

William III

Preceded by

The Duke of Leeds

Succeeded by

The Duke of Somerset

In office

9 July 1702 25 November 1708

Monarch

Anne

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Hon. Robert Sawyer Herbert (d. 1769), who

The Duke of Somerset
Preceded by
inherited Highclere Castle
The Lord Somers
Succeeded by
Hon. Charles Herbert
Hon. Thomas Herbert (c.16951739)
Maj-Gen. Hon. William Herbert (c.169631 March 1757), married Catherine Elizabeth Tewes (28 August 1770) and had Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, who inherited Highclere Castle
from his uncle
Hon. John Herbert
Hon. Nicholas Herbert (c.17061775)
Lady Catherine Herbert (d. September 1716), wife of Sir Nicholas Morice, 2nd Baronet
Lady Margaret Herbert (d. 15 December 1752)
Lady Elizabeth Herbert
Lady Anne Herbert
Lady Rebecca Herbert, wife of William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny
Secondly he married Barbara Slingsby (d. 1 August 1721), daughter of Sir Thomas Slingsby, 2nd
Baronet and widow of John Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Trerice (16491698), of Trerice,
Cornwall,[1] by whom he had one daughter:
Lady Barbara Herbert (d. 27 December 1752), who on 3 October 1730 married Edward Dudley
North.
Thirdly he married Mary Howe (d. 1749), sister of Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe, without progeny.
She subsequently married John Mordaunt, MP.

References
1. Pedigree 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)

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. 142143. Retrieved
2007-11-03.

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Thomas Mompesson
John Berkenhead

Member of Parliament for Wilton

16791683
With: Thomas Penruddocke 1679
Sir John Nicholas 16791683

Succeeded by
Sir John Nicholas
Oliver Nicholas

Political offices
Preceded by
The Earl of Torrington

First Lord of the Admiralty

16901692

Succeeded by
The Lord Cornwallis

Preceded by
In Commission

Lord Privy Seal

16921699

Succeeded by
The Viscount Lonsdale

Preceded by
The Duke of Leeds

Lord President of the Council

16991702

Succeeded by
The Duke of Somerset

Preceded by
The Earl of Bridgewater
(First Lord of the Admiralty)

Lord High Admiral

17011702

Succeeded by
Prince George of Denmark

Preceded by
The Duke of Somerset

Lord President of the Council

17021708

Succeeded by
The Lord Somers

Preceded by
The Duke of Ormonde

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

17071708

Succeeded by
The Earl of Wharton

Preceded by
Queen Anne

Lord High Admiral

17081709

Succeeded by
The Earl of Orford
(First Lord of the Admiralty)

Military offices
New regiment

Colonel of the 2nd Maritime Regiment

16901691

Succeeded by
Henry Killigrew

Honorary titles
Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
16831733

Succeeded by
The Earl of Pembroke

Custos Rotulorum of Glamorgan

16831728

Succeeded by
The Duke of Bolton

jointly with The Earl of Yarmouth 16881689

Preceded by
The Earl of Pembroke

Custos Rotulorum of Pembrokeshire

16831715
Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire
16941715

Preceded by
The Earl of Macclesfield

Succeeded by
Sir Arthur Owen, Bt

Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and

Monmouthshire
16941715

Succeeded by
John Morgan

Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire

16941715

Succeeded by
The Viscount Lisburne
Vacant

Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire

16941715

Title next held by

Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan

16941715

Title next held by

George Rice
Vacant

The Duke of Bolton

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Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire

16941715

Succeeded by
The Lord Coningsby

Peerage of England
Preceded by
Philip Herbert

Earl of Pembroke
16831733

Succeeded by
Henry Herbert

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