(Earl) Henry HERBERT #77506

3 JUL 1734 - 26 JAN 1794
TITLE Earl-
BIRTH 3 JUL 1734
DEATH 26 JAN 1794

Historical Notes

Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke (3 July 1734 - 26 January 1794) was a British Army officer, peer, politician and courtier who served as a Lord of the Bedchamber to King George III in 1769. He was renowned for his skill in horse training. Captain James Cook's famous ship, HMS Endeavour, was formerly MS Earl of Pembroke, launched in 1765 and named after the 10th Earl.
Origins

He was the son and heir of Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke (1693-1749), of Wilton House, by his wife Mary FitzWilliam, a daughter of Richard FitzWilliam, 5th Viscount FitzWilliam and Frances Shelley. Through this marriage his son inherited the substantial FitzWilliam properties in Dublin and FitzWilliam House at Richmond Green in Surrey, which he renamed "Pembroke House".

Parents

Father : Henry HERBERT #77507

Mother : Mary FITZWILLIAM #77536

Family 1

Elizabeth SPENCER
    MARRIAGE 12 MAR 1756, Langley, Buckinghamshire, England

Children

  1. +George Augustus HERBERT

Lineage 

                                             _Philip HERBERT _____+
                                            | (1621 - ....) m 1649
                       _Thomas HERBERT _____|
                      | (1656 - 1732) m 1684|
                      |                     |_Catherine VILLIERS _
                      |                       (1624 - 1676) m 1649
 _Henry HERBERT ______|
| (1692 - 1748) m 1733|
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|                     |_Margaret SAWYER ____|
|                       (1657 - 1706) m 1684|
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|--Henry HERBERT 
|  (1734 - 1794)
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|_Mary FITZWILLIAM ___|
   m 1733             |
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