Herbert

(hür'burt,) the patronymic ofa noble English house, many of whose members figure in English history, politics, and literature. Among them is the name of EDWARD, LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY, an eminent philosopher and statesman, B. 1581; D. 1648. His work On Truth has been termed " a monument of original and independent free-thinking."-His brother, GEORGE, B. 1593, entered holy orders, and gave his country some poems - quaint, indeed, but exquisite as specimens of the Elizabeth an verse. D. 1632. [s. 451]