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Earl Henry Herbert

Earl Henry Herbert

Male 1734 - 1794  (59 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Henry Herbert 
    Prefix Earl 
    Birth 3 Jul 1734  Pembroke House, Whitehall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 26 Jan 1794 
    Person ID I33388  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2008 

    Father Earl Henry Herbert,   b. 29 Jan 1693   d. 9 Jan 1750 (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Mary FitzWilliam,   b. 1707   d. 1769 (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 28 Aug 1733 
    Family ID F14107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Spencer,   b. 29 Dec 1737   d. 30 Apr 1831, Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 23 Mar 1756  Langley, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Earl George Augustus Herbert,   b. 10 Sep 1759, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1827, Pembroke House, Whitehall, Westminster, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     2. Charlotte Herbert,   b. 14 Jul 1773   d. 21 Apr 1784 (Age 10 years)
    Family ID F14108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2008 

    Family 2 Kitty Hunter,   b. Abt 1740   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Augustus Montgomery,   b. 23 Nov 1762   d. 1796 (Age 33 years)
    Family ID F14109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2000 

    Family 3 NN   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Caroline Medkaff,   b. 1768-1769   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F14110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2004 

  • Notes 
    • 10th Earl of Pembroke and 7th Earl of Montgomery
      educ Eton, succ 1750, Lieutenant-General in the Army, with the Colonelcy of the 1st Regiment of Dragoons, authority on breaking cavalry horses, built indoor Riding School at Wilton 1755 (now visitors centre), commissioned 55
      paintings of military riding exercises 1755 [these now hang in Large Smoking Room, Wilton, they were published in The Wilton House Riding School, Dorian Williams]
      wrote the British Army's manual on riding, Military Equitation: or A Method of Breaking Horses, and Teaching Soldiers to Ride, 1761, his methods were adopted throughout the British cavalry (book had gone into 4th edn by 1793)
      Henry was despatched c. early 1760 with his regiment to Germany to take part in the Seven Years' War (spanned 1756-63, Prussia was Britain's ally), he was Major-General commanding the Cavalry Brigade in Germany, he returned Jan 1762, immediately met and fell for Kitty, they eloped to the Low Countries (him disguising himself as a sailor, and leaving a note for his wife), but soon he was recalled to the Army in Germany, Kitty returned to England, already pregnant, and gave birth Nov 1762, he returned to England Feb 1763 and was reconciled to his wife Mar 1763]



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