John Herbert (Secretary of State)
Sir John Herbert | |
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Born | 1550 |
Died | 9 July 1617 Cardiff |
Nationality | Welsh |
Occupation(s) | Lawyer, diplomat, politician |
Sir John Herbert (1550 – 9 July 1617) was a
James I
.
Life
Herbert was the son of Matthew Herbert of SwanseaMaster of Requests from 1586 to 1601 (with William Aubrey from 1590).[2] Queen Elizabeth appointed him secretary to the Council of the North and Keeper of Signet.[1]
In 1586, Herbert was elected
Privy Council. In 1601 he was elected MP for Glamorgan and for Wallingford and chose to sit for Glamorgan. Besides serving in Parliament, he also was appointed as Dean of Wells in 1590, and served until late 1602.[5] He was knighted in 1602. In 1604 he was elected MP for Monmouthshire and sat until 1611.[4] He was appointed High Sheriff of Glamorgan for 1605[1] and in 1607 appointed Chancellor of the Order of the Garter
for life.
Herbert was a talented linguist (not just speaking English and
James I, although James preferred to use unofficial secretaries such as Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke. When Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury died in 1612, Herbert hoped to succeed him as principal secretary of state, but James I left the office vacant until 1614. He was thereafter Secretary of State in name only.[6]
Herbert was of Neath Abbey. He died in Cardiff aged 67 on 9 July 1617, having fought a duel with Sir Lewis Tresham two months earlier.[6]
Herbert married Margaret Morgan, daughter of William Morgan of Cefn Coch.[1]
French embassy of 1598
Herbert,
Duke of Montpensier in Paris, and subsequently travelled south to meet Henry IV of France at Angers in March. They had their final audiences with the king at Nantes and the Duke de Bouillon gave Cecil a locket with the king's portrait. They sailed home to Portsmouth from Ouistreham, a port near Caen, in the Adventure commanded by Sir Alexander Clifford.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e W R Williams Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68194. Retrieved 7 February 2009. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Hawten-Hider', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 679–705. Date accessed: 28 July 2011
- ^ a b c Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ^ [1]History of Parliament Online, "Herbert, Sir John (c. 1533-1617)" by Lloyd Bowen and Simon Healy. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ a b Dodd, Arthur Herbert. "Sir John Herbert". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- ^ Thomas Birch, Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, vol. 2 (London, 1754), pp. 372–80.