Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke
Edward VII | |
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| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Breadalbane |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Liverpool |
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| Born | 20 February 1853 Belgrave Square, London |
| Died | 30 March 1913 (aged 60) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Beatrix Lambton (1859–1944) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea Elizabeth Ashe à Court-Repington |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, 11th Earl of Montgomery,
Background and education
Herbert was born at
Political career
Herbert was elected as
Herbert succeeded his brother as
Lord Pembroke became President of the Marylebone Cricket Club for a year in 1896.[9]
Family
Lord Pembroke married Lady Beatrix Louisa Lambton, daughter of George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham, on 29 August 1877. They had two sons and two daughters.
- Lady Beatrix Frances Gertrude Herbert (1878-1957), married firstly Ralph Francis Forward-Howard, 7th Earl of Wicklow. She died childless.
- Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke (1880-1960), married Lady Beatrice Eleanor Paget (1883-1973) on 21 January 1904. She was the paternal and maternal granddaughter of Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey, and Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, 2nd Viscount Combermere, respectively. They had four children.
- Lady Muriel Katherine Herbert (1883-1951), married Dr. Arthur John Jex-Blake on 5 August 1920. They had one daughter.
- Hon. Sir George Sidney Herbert (1886–1942), was created a Baronet in 1937.[1] He never married.
Pembroke died in Rome, Italy,[citation needed] in March 1913, aged 60, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Reginald. Lord Pembroke's brother-in-law Hubert Parry composed and premiered an Elegy for organ solo to commemorate the funeral, which took place on 7 April 1913.[10] Beatrix, Countess of Pembroke died in March 1944.[1][11]
Honours
United Kingdom: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 25 May 1896[12]
Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Leopold, 1903[13]
References
- ^ a b c d Lundy, Darryl. "p. 1966 § 19655 - Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke". thepeerage.com. [unreliable source]
- ^ Woronzow, HumphrysFamilyTree, accessed 4 April 2012. Catherine's father, Count Semyon Vorontsov, the Russian ambassador to Britain, brought the family to London in 1785.
- ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Wigan to Withington[usurped]
- ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Cornwall to Cynon Valley[usurped]
- ^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- ^ "No. 26644". The London Gazette. 16 July 1895. p. 4022.
- ^ "No. 27866". The London Gazette. 22 December 1905. p. 9171.
- ^ "No. 26645". The London Gazette. 19 July 1895. p. 4101.
- K. S. Ranjitsinhji(1897), The Jubilee Book of Cricket, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, p. 369
- ^ "Error".
- ^ "Sorrow at East Knoyle: Death of Dowager Countess of Pembroke". The Western Gazette. No. 10, 779. Yeovil. 17 March 1944. p. 3.
- ^ The London Gazette, issue 26743, p. 3123
- ^ "Ritter-Orden: Oesterreichsch-kaiserlicher Leopold-orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1918, p. 74, retrieved 5 February 2021
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