William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke

For other people with the same name, see William Herbert.

William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke, 3rd Earl of Montgomery (c. 1641 – 8 July 1674) was an English nobleman and politician who succeeded to the titles on 11 December 1669 on the death of his father.

Brought up in Wiltshire at Wilton House, he was the son of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke, by his marriage to Penelope Naunton, the daughter of Sir Robert Naunton, Secretary of State to King James I and of Penelope Perrot, a daughter of Sir Thomas Perrot and of Lady Dorothy Devereux (later Countess of Northumberland), whose parents were the famous Earl of Essex and Lettice Knollys.[1]

His mother died before 1647, when he was a small child.[2]

In September 1658, he was granted a pass to travel overseas. He was member of parliament for Glamorgan between 1661 and his elevation to the House of Lords in 1669.[3] After he came into his father's great estates, especially in Wiltshire and in Wales, Pembroke was known to exercise a decisive electoral influence in many places. However, with the Cavalier Parliament enduring from 1661 until 1679, he had few opportunities to wield this influence directly in elections to the House of Commons. From 1665 to 1674, he was Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire.

Pembroke died unmarried on 8 July 1674 and was succeeded by his brother, another Philip Herbert.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke at thepeerage.com
  2. ↑ G. E. Cokayne et al, ed., The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant (2000 edition), volume II, page 37
  3. ↑ David L. Smith, 'Herbert, Philip, first earl of Montgomery and fourth earl of Pembroke (1584–1650)' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Edward Mansel		 Member of Parliament for Glamorganshire
1661–1669 		Succeeded by
Sir Edward Mansel
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Lord Seymour of Trowbridge		 Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire
1665–1674 		Succeeded by
The Duke of Somerset
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Philip Herbert		 Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
1669–1674 		Succeeded by
Philip Herbert
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