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George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, DL (26 June 1866 – 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English peer and aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
Earl of Carnarvon is a title that has been created three times in British history. [2] The current holder is George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon . The town and county in Wales to which the title refers are historically spelled Caernarfon, having been Anglicised to Carnarvon or Caernarvon.
George Reginald Oliver Molyneux Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon (born 10 November 1956), styled Lord Porchester from 1987 to 2001, is a British peer and farmer. His family seat, Highclere Castle, has achieved notability as the primary filming location for television series' Downton Abbey and Jeeves and Wooster. Carnarvon and his family live in ...
Lord and Lady Carnarvon often spent the winter in Egypt, where they bought antiquities for their collection in England. In 1906 Lord Carnarvon obtained a concession to excavate sites near Luxor . From 1907, he employed Howard Carter to supervise this work including, from 1914, a systematic search of the Valley of the Kings for any tombs missed ...
On 7 January 1956, Carnarvon (then known by his courtesy title Lord Porchester) married Jean Margaret Wallop (1935–2019) of Big Horn, Wyoming, [2] in St. James' Episcopal Church in New York City. [16] She was a granddaughter of Oliver Wallop, 8th Earl of Portsmouth. [17] Carnarvon's father, the 6th Earl had also married an Anglo-American. [18]
Here's what Lord Porchester (who would eventually go on to become Henry Herbert, the 7th Earl of Carnarvon) was like in real life—plus, how he's also connected to another popular period drama ...
The estate is owned by Lord and Lady Carnarvon and has been used as a top filming location for at least four decades. Prior to Downton, Highclere Castle provided the settings for projects such as ...
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, KP, PC, DL, FRS, FSA (24 June 1831 – 29 June 1890), known as Lord Porchester from 1833 to 1849, was a British politician and a leading member of the Conservative Party. He was twice Secretary of State for the Colonies and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.