Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
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| Preceded by | The Duke of Somerset |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Somers |
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| Born | 1656 |
| Died | 22 January 1733 (aged 76–77) |
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| Children | 13 |
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Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery, 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.
Background
Herbert was the third son of
Earls of Pembroke, Wilton House
in Wiltshire.
Public life
Herbert was returned unopposed as
Member of Parliament for Wilton at the two general elections of 1679 and the general election of 1681. He was no longer able to sit in the House of Commons after assuming the peerage in 1683.[1]
As
Duke of Monmouth, Pembroke marched out with a squadron of Militia Horse carrying some musketeers behind their saddles. On arrival he found a large number of rebel recruits, some armed with pistols or pikes, others with scythes and clubs. Despite being heavily outnumbered, Pembroke entered the town at the head of his musketeers, followed by the horse. A shot was fired at him, but the rebels soon broke and ran before the advancing militia, who then captured the bridge after some fighting. Afterwards Pembroke with his Wiltshire Militia and some Hampshire Militia blocked Monmouth's advance into Wiltshire. The Wiltshire Militia then accompanied the Royal army to Bridgwater in pursuit of the rebels. When Monmouth attempted a night attack on the Royal army camped on Sedgemoor, Pembroke quickly rode from his quarters at Weston Court in Westonzoyland and roused his men; they formed the reserve during the Battle of Sedgemoor. Afterwards they took part in the pursuit and clearing-up operations.[2][3][4]
From 1690 to 1692 as Lord Pembroke, he was
President of the Royal Society in 1689–1690.[5] He is the dedicatee of John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Thomas Greenhill
's The Art of Embalming.
Marriages and progeny
He married three times:
- 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. 1689–1750), eldest son and heir
- Hon. Robert Sawyer Herbert (died 1769), who inherited Highclere Castle
- Hon. Charles Herbert
- Hon. Thomas Herbert(c. 1695–1739)
- Maj-Gen. Hon. William Herbert (c. 1696 – 31 March 1757), married Catherine Elizabeth Tewes (died 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. 1706–1775), husband of Anne North, daughter of Dudley North and Katherine Yale
- Lady Catherine Herbert (died September 1716), wife of Sir Nicholas Morice, 2nd Baronet
- Lady Margaret Herbert (died 15 December 1752)
- Lady Elizabeth Herbert
- Lady Anne Herbert
- Lady Rebecca Herbert, wife of William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny
- Secondly in 1708 he married Barbara Slingsby (died 1 August 1721), daughter of Sir Thomas Slingsby, 2nd Baronet and widow of John Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Trerice (1649–1698), of Trerice, Cornwall,[6] by whom he had one daughter:
- Lady Barbara Herbert (died 27 December 1752), who on 3 October 1730 married William Dudley North, son of Dudley North.[7]
- Thirdly he married Mary Howe (died 1749), daughter of Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe; they had no children. She subsequently married John Mordaunt, MP.
See also
References
- ^ "HERBERT, Hon. Thomas (c.1656-1733), of Wilton, Wilts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ Chandler, pp. 29, 37–8.
- ^ Drummer Adam Wheeler, Iter Bellicosum, in Chandler, pp. 130–7.
- ^ Scott, pp. 97, 103, 200, 252–5, 259–61, 263–4, 288–9, 367; Tables 2.2.2, 2.2.3.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pembroke, Earls of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 80.
- ^ 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] Archived 5 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Walpole, Horace (1837). "Correspondence of H. W. With G. Montagu, Esq. Hon. H. S. Conway, Rev. W. Cole, Lady Hervey ... New Edition, ... With Numerous Illustrative Notes, Now First Added".
Bibliography
- David Chandler, Sedgemoor 1685: An Account and an Anthology, London: Anthony Mott, 1985, ISN 0-907746-43-8.
- 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 25 January 2007.
- Collins, Arthur (1812). Peerage of England. F. C. and J. Rivington. pp. 142–143. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
- Christopher L. Scott, The military effectiveness of the West Country Militia at the time of the Monmouth Rebellion, Cranfield University PhD thesis 2011.
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