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Herbert, Philip (1584 - 1649/50)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1584-10-10
Death Date: 1650-01-23

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Vere, Susan de (1587 - 1628/9)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1604-12-27
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Clifford, Anne (1589/90 - 1675/6)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1630-6-3
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 1st Earl of Montgomery

Titles

  • 1st Earl of Montgomery
    Assumed: 1605-05-04
    Vacated: 1649/50-01-23
  • 1st Baron Herbert of Shurland
    Assumed: 1605-05-04
    Vacated: 1649/50-01-23
  • 23rd Earl of Pembroke
    Assumed: 1630-04-10
    Vacated: 1649/50-01-23
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1609-04-23 (date nominated; installed 18 May 1608)
    Vacated: 1649/50-01-23

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, England 1603 -5 1625
MP, Glamorgan 1604
Steward, Oxfordshire 1604 -10 -5 Held jointly
Chamberlain & Chancellor, Merionethshire 1605 -6 -26 1649/50 -01 -23 For life
Chamberlain & Chancellor, Caernarvonshire 1605 -6 -26 1649/50 -01 -23 For life
Chamberlain & Chancellor, Anglesey 1605 -6 -26 1649/50 -01 -23 For life
Keeper, Berkshire 1611 -12 -9
Keeper, Surrey 1611 -8 -18
High Steward, Oxfordshire 1615 -6 -10 1641
Keeper, Oxfordshire 1615 -7 -13
Keeper, Westminster 1616 -10 -2
Constable, Kent 1617 -4 -5
Keeper, Westminster 1617 -12 -4 1649/50 -01 -23
Lord Lieut, Kent 1623/4 -3 -17
Chamberlain of the Household, England 1626 -8 -3 1641 -07 -23
JP, Kent 1626
JP, Somerset 1626
Lord Lieut, Buckinghamshire 1628 -9 -28 1632/3 -02 -14
Steward, Middlesex 1628 -9 -16 1649/50 -01 -23
Steward, Kent 1629 -4 -3
Bailiff, Hampshire 1630 -12 -26
Bailiff, Nottinghamshire 1630 -12 -26
Constable, Gloucestershire 1630 -12 -26
Lord Lieut, Wiltshire 1630 -8 -12 1649/50 -01 -23
Lord Lieut, Somerset 1630 -8 -12
Lord Lieut, Cornwall 1630 -8 -12 1642
Master Forester, Devon 1630 -8 -12
Steward, Cornwall 1630 -8 -12 Steward of the Duchy in Cornwall & Devon
Warden of the Stannaries, Cornwall 1630 -8 -12 Stannaries also in Devon
Steward, Wiltshire 1631 -5 -5
Steward, Monmouthshire 1631 -5 -5
Steward, Brecknockshire 1631 -5 -5
Steward, Wiltshire 1631 -6 -15
Vice Admiral, South Wales 1631 -4 -23
Warden, Gloucestershire 1631
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1633 -5 -12
Steward, Radnorshire 1633 -9 -9
Steward, Devon 1635
Warden, Wiltshire 1635 -8 -21
Chancellor of the Household, England 1636
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Kent 1636
JP, Kent 1636
Warden, Oxfordshire 1637/8 -1 -19
Lord Lieut, Somerset 1639 -3 -26 1640 -07 -30 Held jointly
Chancellor, Oxfordshire 1641 -7 -1 1643 -10
Privy Councillor, England 1641 -12 -18
Privy Councillor, Scotland 1641 -9 -20
Lord Lieut, Hampshire 1641/2 -2 -28
Capt-gen in the West, England 1642 -10 -19 Purview of office included Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset & Wiltshire
Governor, Isle of Wight 1642 -8 1647
Lord Lieut, Brecknockshire 1642 -7 -29
Lord Lieut, Glamorgan 1642 -7 -29
Lord Lieut, Monmouthshire 1642 -7 -29
Lord Lieut, Kent 1642 -8 -10
Lord Lieut, Somerset 1643 -9 -13
Lord Lieut, Cardiganshire 1646 -12 -4
Chancellor, Oxfordshire 1647 -8 -3 1649/50
Constable, Berkshire 1648 -7 -27 1649/50 -01 -23
Keeper, Kent 1648
Steward, Kent 1648
MP, Berkshire 1649

Details of Properties

Residence

  • The Cockpit, (city) in Middlesex
  • Wilton House, Wiltshire
    Acquired: 1630-04
    Patrimony (via brother)
  • Durham House, (city) in Middlesex
    Acquired: 1640
    Purchased

Lands

  • Derbyshire: Shottle & Postern
    Divested: 1630/1-03-07
    Sold
  • Glamorgan
  • Gloucestershire: Newland, St Briavel's, Stowell
  • Kent
  • Lancashire: Blackburn & Rochdale Rectories
  • Monmouthshire
  • Northumberland: Eworth
  • Surrey
  • Wiltshire: Ashton Keynes, Ashton Priors, Bowood Park

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Montgomery's Players
Performance - Oxford (Unknown), Oxford, Oxfordshire Earl of Pembroke's Trumpeter/s
Performance - Lyme Park, Lyme Park, Cheshire Earl of Pembroke's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Montgomery's Players Herbert, Philip (1584 - 1650) Players 1
Earl of Pembroke's Trumpeters Herbert, Philip (1584 - 1650) Musicians 1
Earl of Pembroke's Trumpeter/s Herbert, Philip (1584 - 1650) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Shurland Hall Kent Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.