PEMBROKE

George Robert Charles Herbert , 13 Earl of (1 son of Sidney Herbert, 1 baron Herbert of Lea 1810–61). b. 5 Carlton gardens, London 6 July 1850; succeeded to the peerage as 2 baron Herbert of Lea 2 Aug. 1861; succeeded his uncle Robert, 12 earl of Pembroke 25 April 1862; educ. Eton 1862–5; under sec. of state for war March 1874 to May 1875; with Dr. George Kingsley travelled in Australia and the South Seas 1867–70, the result being a volume entitled South Sea bubbles, by the Earl and the Doctor 1872, 3 ed. 1895; also author of Roots, a plea for tolerance 1873, 2 ed. 1888 anon; Liberty and socialism 1885; he also wrote Yachts’ Sailing boats, in Yachting vol. i, pp. 203–40 (Badmington library 1894); hereditary visitor of Jesus coll. Oxf.; high steward of Will on; captain 1 Wilts. rifle volunteers 2 Jany. 1872, major 3 June 1874; a county councillor for Wilts hire; vice-commodore Royal Cinque ports yacht club Dover 1872; was 6 feet 4 inches high. d. Bad-Neuheim, Frankfort, Germany 3 May 1895. bur. at Will on. Waagen’s Treasures of art iii 142–65 (1854); Baily’s Mag. xxvi 249 (1875) portrait ; I.L.N. 11 May 1895 p. 570 portrait ; The new budget 9 May 1895 p. 3 portrait ; Times 4 May 1895 p. 11.