HERALDRY. 
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bert, natural fon of Henry I. and from Henry Fitz- 
herbert, lord chamberlain of the houlhold to that 
monarch. William Herbert, defcended as above, was 
knighted by Henry V. for his valour in the wars of 
F'rancS; and he married Gladys, daughter of fir David 
Gam, a Wellh knight ; by which lady he had ifl'ue, i. 
William. 2. Sir Richard Herbert of Colebrook, 
knight, anceltor- to the lords Herbert of Cheibury, 
and to the earls of Powis. William, the elder fon, 
was a firm adherent to the holife of York; and, No¬ 
vember 4, 1461, was by Edward JV. raifed to the dig¬ 
nity of a baron, by the„title of lord Herbert of Chep- 
ftow, Ragland, and Gower, in the principality of 
Wales. He was farther advanced May 27, 1468, to the 
dignity of earl of Pembroke; but, being lent with 
Humphrey earl of Devonfbire, to repel the infurredlion 
of the Lancaftrian party in the North, he was defeated 
at the battle of Banbury, July 26, 1469; and, being- 
taken prifoner, together with fir Richard his brother, 
was beheaded by order of Nevile earl of Warwick. 
William, fecond earl of Pembroke, his fon, exchanged 
the title of Pembroke for that of Huntingdon, July 4, 
1479, ki°g Edward IV. being delirous to confer the 
former title upon his fon, Edward, prince of Wales, 
afterwards Edward V. The title of earl of Hunting¬ 
don became extindl at his death, and that of baron 
Herbert of Ragland, Chepftow, and Gower, was carried 
into the family of Somerfet duke of Beaufort. 
William, firft earl of Pembroke, had alfo a natural 
fon, Richard, whofefon William married Anne, daugh¬ 
ter of Thomas lord Rofs of Kendal, Parr, Fitzhugh, 
Marmion, ancl Saint Quintin, and filter to Catharine 
fixth confort to Henry VIII. By this marriage the ti¬ 
tles of the father defcended to the family of Herbert. 
During the reign of Edward VI. this William was fuc- 
cefsfully employed in the fupprefiion of two rebellions, 
and was twice commander in chief of the forces fent in¬ 
to Picardy in France. In confideration of tliefe fervi- 
ces lie was appointed mailer of the horl'e to the king, 
and created, firft, a baron by the title of lord Herbert of 
Cardiff, and the next day earl of Pembroke. He was 
employed with fuccefs in fupprelTing the rebellion of 
fir Thomas Wyat, in 1554. At the battle of Saint 
Quintin, Auguft 10; 1557, lie was commander in chief 
of the Englilh forces. He was appointed, in 1568, 
lord fteward of the houlhold to queen Elizabeth; and 
died March 16, 1570. 
Henry, his fon, fecond earl of Pembroke ; married 
firft, Catharine, daughter of Henry Grey duke of Suf¬ 
folk, and filler to lady Jane Grey; l'econdly, having 
been divorced from his firft confort,. he married Anne, 
daughter of George fourth earl of Shrewlbury ; and 
laftly, Mary, daughter of fir Henry Sidney, knight, 
filler to fir Philip Sidney, and niece to Robert Dudley 
earl of Leicelter. The epitaph on the earl of Pem¬ 
broke’s third confort has been much admired ; 
William; firft earl of Pembroke, had another fon, 
Edward, aneeftor to the late marquis of Powis. 
William, third earl of Pembroke, fon of Henry and 
Mary, was appointed*- i» 1615 lord, chamberlain of 
the houlhold to James I. and three years after elected 
chancellor of the iinievrlity of Oxford, and died April 
jo, 1630. Philip, his brother, was by James I. crea¬ 
ted baron Herbert of Shurland; and earl of Montgome¬ 
ry. He was appointed lord chamberlain of the houfe- 
hold upon the acceflion of Charles I. and i'ucceeded his 
brother in the title of earl of Pembroke, and the office 
of chancellor of the univerlity of Oxford, 
. Thomas, eighth earl of Pembroke, his great grandfon, 
was, in 1689, appointed ambalfador extraordinary to 
the United Provinces; January 20, 1690, firft lord com- 
miffioner of the admiraltry ; and March 11, 1691, lord 
keeper of the privy feal. He was firft plenipotentiary 
from the court of Great Britain for negociating the peace 
of Ryfwick ; and in 1699, was conftituted lord prefident 
of the council. Having refigned that employment, he 
was, April 4, 1701, again nominated firft lord conimif- 
fioner of the admiralty, and January 26 in the following 
year declared lord high admiral of England, which 
office he refigned in favour of prince George of Den¬ 
mark in May 1702. In 1707 he was appointed lord 
lieutenant of Ireland; and, upon his return from that 
country, was again conftituted, November 25, 1708, 
lord high admiral of Great Britain, which office he re¬ 
figned in November 1709. This nobleman has been 
defervedly celebrated for\his knowledge in the fcience 
of antiquities, and for the admirable and mod valuable 
collection of them made by him at his feat at Wilton. 
He had iffiie, 1. Henry, ninth earl of Pembroke. 2. 
William, a major general in the army, who married 
Mifs Catharine Elizabeth Tewes, of Aix la Chapelle ; 
by which lady he had iiTue, Henry, lord Porchefter; 
Charles, born 1743, who married, July 17, 1775, Caroline, 
daughter of Robert third duke of Manchelter ; Georgi- 
ana, born 1747; and Caroline, born 1751. William, 
the father, died March 3, 1757 ; and earl Thomas, Ja¬ 
nuary 22, 1733. 
Henry, ninth'earl of Pembroke, was appointed, in 
I 735r8 room °f the Hole to George II. and married 
Mary, daughter of Richard Fitzwilliamof the kingdom 
of Ireland; by which lady, who died February 13, 
1769, he had ilfue, Henry, the tenth earl, a lieutenant- 
general in the army, born July 3, 1734; who married, 
March 13, 1757, Elizabeth, fecond daughter of Charles, 
fecond duke of Marlborough, by whom he had ifl'ue, 
Charlotte, only daughter, born July 14, 1773; died 
April 21, 1784; and George, the prefent and eleventh 
earl. 
Creations. —Baron Rofs, of Kendal, 1327 ; Parr, 
of Kendal, 1339; Fitz-Hilgh, of Ravenfworth, 1320; 
Marmion, of Tamworth, 1294; St. Quintin, 1294; 
Baron Herbert of Cardift’ in Glamorganfliire, October 
10, 1551; Herbert, of Shurland, in the ifland of She- 
pey, in Kent, May 4, 1605; Earl of Pembroke, Octo¬ 
ber 11, 1351; and Earl of Montgomery, May 4, 1605. 
Residences. —Wilton, in the county of Wilts.— 
Town-houfe, Conduit-ftreet. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — Unjefervirai. —“ One will I ferve.’’ 
HOWARD, EARL OF SUFFOLK. 
jfOHN HOWARD, Earl of SUFFOLK and 
BERKSHIRE, Vifcount Andover, and Baron Howard, 
of Charletonj.a General in tire Army, Colonel of the 
70th Regiment of Infantry, and Governor of London¬ 
derry and Culrnote Forts; born March 7, 1739; fuc- 
ceeded the late earl, February 23, 1783; married, Ju¬ 
ly 2, 1774, Julia, daughter of John Galkarth, of Pen¬ 
rith, in the county of Cumberland, efq. by whom he has 
ifl’ue, Charles-NeVinfon,-vifcount Andover; born May 13, 
1775, married June 20, 1796, Mifs Coke, daughter of 
Thomas-William Coke, efq. of Holkham Hall, in Nor¬ 
folk, and who was unfortunately killed, while mounting 
his horfe, by the accidental dilcharge of his fowling- 
piece, January it, 1800, without ifl'ue ; Thomas, born 
Auguft 18, 1776, now vifcount Andover, apd heir ap¬ 
parent, married, Ottober 20, 1802, the honourable 
Elizabeth-Jane Dutton, eldefl daughter of James lord 
Sherborne, and has ifl'ue, a daughter, born November6, 
1803, and a fon, born November 7, 1804; John, bom 
November 30, 1777, died in '1787; William-Philip 
born in 1779, died in 1780; and Catharine. 
Thomas, firft earl of Suffolk, was the eldeft fon of 
a Thomas, 
Underneath this marble hearfe 
Lies the fubjedt of all verfe ; 
Sidney’s filler, Pembroke’s mother : 
Death ! ere thou haft flain another, 
Fair, and learn’d, and good, as Ihe, 
Time Ihall throw a dart at thee. 
