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Arms of 2nd Earl of Pembroke as recorded by York Herald, 1620. He was the son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and Anne Parr. His aunt was queen consort Catherine Parr, last wife of King Henry VIII. His uncle was William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, who was an influential man during the reigns of Edward VI and Elizabeth I.
His son Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke, who was often known simply as Henry Herbert, succeeded to the titles in 1969; he had a significant career as a documentarian and film director. As of 2018 [update] , the current earl is William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke , who became earl of Pembroke and 15th of Montgomery on the death of his ...
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, founded Pembroke College, Oxford, and sponsored the printing of the First Folio of William Shakespeare's plays. Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington , took the Invitation to William to The Hague , disguised as a simple sailor, and commanded William's invasion fleet during the Glorious Revolution which ...
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke in 1567. Herbert was a guardian of the young King Edward VI after the death of Henry VIII in 1547. As an executor of Henry's will and the recipient of valuable grants of land, Herbert was a prominent and powerful person during Edward's reign, with both the protector Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and his rival, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland ...
0–9. William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1570) Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke; William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke; Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
Herbert remained loyal to Richard III.After the rebellion of 1483 he received the post of Chief Justice of South Wales, which had been the Duke of Buckingham's. [3] After his marriage to his second wife, Katherine, an illegitimate daughter of Richard III in 1484, he received an annuity of some £1,000 a year, nearly doubling his income.
Anne Parr (1515–1552), wife of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and sister of Queen consort Catherine Parr. Mary Sidney (1561–1621), wife of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke; one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her literary works, translations and literary patronage.
The title Earl of Montgomery (pronounced "Mun-gum-ery") was created in the Peerage of England in 1605 for Sir Philip Herbert, younger son of the 2nd Earl of Pembroke.The first Earl inherited the Earldom of Pembroke in 1630 from his brother, the 3rd Earl, and the two titles remain united.