Sir
William
"1st Baron Powis"
Herbert
Born in Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Herbert MP
and Mary (Stanley) Herbert
Brother of
Catherine Herbert
Husband of
Eleanor (Percy) Herbert
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Percy Herbert and Catherine (Herbert) Palmer
Died
at about age 83
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Jun 2012
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Biography
Sir William Herbert was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
William was born in 1572 at Powis Castle, near Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He was Lord High Steward to Elizabeth I of England. He was elected Member of the English Parliament for Montgomeryshire in 1597.
He married Lady Eleanor Percy, daughter of the 8th Earl of Northumberland. They had several children.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1613.[1] On 12 April 1629, he was created Baron Powis of Powis Castle.
He passed away in 1655. [2]
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Church End, Hendon, Middlesex, England.
William Herbert is an ancestor of Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge.
Sources
- ↑ Powys Local History Encyclopedia: Sheriffs: Montgomeryshire (1541-1973), accessed 28 February 2022.
- ↑ Entered by Allen Minix, Jun 21, 2012
- Collins, Arthur, and Egerton Brydges. "Percy, Duke of Northumberland." Collins's Peerage of England Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical. Vol. II. London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son ... [et Al., 1812. 217-366. Print.
- The Peerage by Darryl Lundy
- Wikipedia: William Herbert, 1st Baron Powis
- Wikipedia: Thomas Stanley (Royal Mint)
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