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HERBERT, Hon. William (c.1696-1757).
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
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Constituency
Dates
1734 - 31 Mar. 1757
Family and Education
b. c. 1696, 5th s. of Thomas, 8th Earl of Pembroke, and bro. of Hon. Nicholas and Hon. Robert Sawyer Herbert. m. bef. 1741, Catherine Elizabeth Tewes of Aix-la-Chapelle, 3s. 2da.
Offices Held
Lt. 1 Life Gds. 1722; capt. and lt.-col. 1 Ft. Gds. 1738; col. 1745; a.d.c. to Geo. II; col. 14 Ft. 1747-53; col. 6 Marines Feb.-Dec. 1747; col. 2 Drag. Gds. 1753- d.; maj.-gen. 1755.
Groom of the bedchamber 1740- d.; paymaster to the garrison at Gibraltar 1740- d.
Biography
In all available division lists Herbert is found voting with Administration, and was classed as ‘for’ in Dupplin’s list of 1754. He died 31 Mar. 1757.