Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon

Colonel Henry George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, DL (3 June 1772 – 16 April 1833),[1] styled The Honourable from 1780 to 1793 and subsequently Lord Porchester to 1811, was a British peer and Whig politician.

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Background

Born in Hill Street in London, he was the oldest son of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon.[2] His mother Lady Elizabeth Alicia Maria was the oldest daughter of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont.[3] Herbert was baptised in St George's, Hanover Square on 22 June 1772.[2] His younger brothers were the sailor Charles Herbert and the botanist William Herbert.[3] Another brother, Algernon Herbert was an antiquary.[3] Herbert was educated at Eton College until 1789.[2]

Career

Herbert joined the Royal Wiltshire Militia as captain in 1790 and when the West Somerset Yeomanry was raised in 1794 became its major.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel four years later and obtained colonelcy of the regiment in 1803.[1]

Having been elected for Cricklade, Herbert entered the British House of Commons in 1794.[4] After the Act of Union 1801 he represented the constituency then in the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1811, when he succeeded his father as earl.[4] During his time as Member of Parliament he stirred an investigation into the failure of the Walcheren Campaign in 1809.[5] Herbert was nominated a Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Somerset in 1803 and served as High Steward of Newbury.[1] He was chosen a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1814 and was vice-president of the Royal Horticultural Society.[6]

Family

On 26 April 1796, he married Elizabeth Kitty, at St George Hanover Square.[2] She was the only daughter of Colonel John Dyke Acland and sister of Sir John Dyke Acland, 8th Baronet.[2] The couple had five children, three daughters and two sons.[7] His wife died at Shooter's Hill in 1813; Herbert survived her for twenty years until 1833.[6] He died, aged 60 at his London residence in Grosvenor Square and was buried in Burghclere in Hampshire.[6] He was succeeded in his titles by his oldest son Henry.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Doyle" (1886), p. 341
  2. ^ a b c d e Cokayne (1913), p. 47
  3. ^ a b c Burke (1832), p. 212
  4. ^ a b Thorne (1986), p. 184
  5. ^ Thorne (1986), p. 185
  6. ^ a b c d Urban (1833), p. 463
  7. ^ Debrett (1828), p. 201

References

  • Cokayne, George Edward (1913). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. vol. III. Exeter: William Pollard Co. Ltd.. 
  • Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England. vol. I. London: Longmans, Green & Co.. 
  • Thorne, R. G. (1986). The House of Commons, 1790-1820. vol. I. London: Secker & Warburg. ISBN 0436521016. 
  • Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. 
  • Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. I (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. 
  • Sylvanus, Urban (1833). The Gentleman's Magazine. part I. London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son. 

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Thomas Estcourt
John Walker-Heneage		 Member of Parliament for Cricklade
1794 – 1801
With: Thomas Estcourt		 Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain		 Member of Parliament for Cricklade
1801 – 1811
With: Thomas Estcourt 1801–1806
Thomas Goddard 1806–1811		 Succeeded by
William Herbert
Thomas Goddard
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Henry Herbert		 Earl of Carnarvon
1811 – 1833		 Succeeded by
Henry Herbert