William Herbert (British Army officer)
Major-General The Hon. William Herbert (c. 1696 – 31 March 1757) was a British Army officer and politician. He was the fifth son of Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke by his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Sawyer of Highclere.
Biography
[edit]Herbert entered the Army on 1 May 1722[1] with a commission as lieutenant in the 1st Troop of Life Guards.[2][3] In 1734 he was elected to Parliament for his family's seat of Wilton: he would represent the constituency for the rest of his life, supporting the Government.[2][3] On 15 December 1738 he was promoted to captain in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel,[1] and in 1740 he was made a groom of the bedchamber to the King and paymaster to the garrison at Gibraltar, offices he would hold until his death.[2][3]
In 1745 Herbert was appointed aide-de-camp to the King, with brevet rank as a colonel, and in February 1747 he was made colonel of the 6th Regiment of Marines.[3] On 1 December 1747 he transferred to the colonelcy of the 14th Regiment of Foot[1][4] and on 27 January 1753 to that of the 2nd Dragoon Guards.[5] He was promoted major-general in 1755.[6]
William Herbert was married before 1741 to Catherine Elizabeth Tewes, of Aix-la-Chapelle. They had five children (three sons and two daughters),[2][3] including Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot (1845) p. 95.
- ^ a b c d Sir Lewis Namier, HERBERT, Hon. William (c.1696-1757). in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790 (1964).
- ^ a b c d e Eveline Cruickshanks, HERBERT, Hon. William (c.1696-1757). in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754 (1970).
- ^ "No. 8701". The London Gazette. 12–15 December 1747. p. 3.
- ^ Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Second, or Queen's Regiment of Dragoon Guards (1837) p. 95.
- ^ "No. 9459". The London Gazette. 15–18 March 1755. p. 2.
- 1690s births
- 1757 deaths
- Herbert family
- Younger sons of earls
- British Army major generals
- British Life Guards officers
- 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers
- Grenadier Guards officers
- West Yorkshire Regiment officers
- Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
- British MPs 1734–1741
- British MPs 1741–1747
- British MPs 1747–1754
- British MPs 1754–1761