Tuesday 8 May 2007

Henry's brother-in-law, William Herbert


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William HERBERT (1st Baron Powis)

Born: ABT 1572, Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire, Wales

Died: 7 Mar 1655

Buried: Hendon, Middlesex

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M.P. for Monmouthshire 1597-8, 1604-11, 1614, 1621-22 and 1624-29. Member of the Council for Wales 1608 and 1633; Sheriff of Montgomeryshire 1613; Constable and Steward of Radnor Castle 1631. He was a Royalist in the Civil War and held Powis Castle for the King until it fell to Parliament in 1644.

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Father: Edward HERBERT (Sir)

Mother: Mary STANLEY

Married: Eleanor PERCY

before 1600 / 1605, Petworth, Sussex, England

Children:

1. Lucy HERBERT

2. Catherine HERBERT

3. Percy HERBERT (2nd Baron Powis)

4. Son HERBERT

5. Daughter HERBERT

6. Daughter HERBERT

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