Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon
| The Right Honourable The Earl of Carnarvon FRS | |
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The Earl of Carnarvon. | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 June 1800 London, England |
| Died |
10 December 1849 (aged 49) Pusey, Oxfordshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse(s) | Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard (died 1876) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Henry John George Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon FRS (8 June 1800 – 10 December 1849), styled Lord Porchester from 1811 to 1833, was a British writer, traveller and politician.
Background and education
Herbert was born in London, the older son of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, and his wife Elizabeth Kitty Acland, daughter of John Dyke Acland. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.[1]
Public life
In 1831 Porchester was elected to the House of Commons for Wootton Bassett as a Tory, a seat he held until the following year when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act.[1][2] In 1833 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1841.[1] It was during Carnarvon's lifetime that the family seat of Highclere Castle was redesigned and rebuilt by Sir Charles Barry into a Victorian mansion.
Cricket
Herbert played first-class cricket in 1822 when he was recorded in one match, totalling 1 run with a highest score of 1 and holding 2 catches.[3]
Family
Lord Carnarvon married Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard, eldest daughter of Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard, in 1830. They had three sons and one daughter. He died at Pusey, Oxfordshire in December 1849, aged 49, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, who became a prominent Conservative politician. His second son, the Honourable Dr Alan Herbert, was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French government in 1871 for his service as a medical doctor during the siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War, and he remained there as the physician in charge of the Hertford Hospital until 1901.[4] His third son, the Honourable Auberon Herbert, also gained distinction. Lady Carnarvon died in 1876.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 thepeerage.com Henry John George Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
- ↑ "Henry Herbert". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ↑ Hardinge, Arthur 'Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, Fourth Earl of Carnarvon' (OUP 1920) pp 31-39
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Carnarvon
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Viscount Mahon Thomas Hyde Villiers |
Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett 1831 – 1832 With: Viscount Mahon |
Constituency abolished |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Henry George Herbert |
Earl of Carnarvon 1833 – 1849 |
Succeeded by Henry Howard Herbert |
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