16th Earl of Pembroke

Sidney Herbert, 16th Earl of Pembroke
(and 13th Earl of Montgomery, and 5th Baron Herbert of Lea), born 9th Jan 1906,
educ Eton, and the "family" college, Pembroke College, Oxford,
researched family history, author of [Pembroke Papers] 1939-50,
Hereditary Grand Visitor of Jesus College, Oxford,
succ 1960,
author of catalog of the paintings and drawings at Wilton 1968,
died 16th Mar 1969, age 63 yrs [obituary, Daily Telegraph, 17th Mar 1969],
had issue:

Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke (and 14th Earl of Montgomery, and 6th Baron Herbert of Lea),
born 19th May 1939, educ Eton, and Christ Church, Oxford,
succ 1969,
film director (see his filmography, note he is the same person as here and here),
made additions to Wilton,
planted the North Forecourt garden 1971, including fountain commemorating his father,
mar 1stly and had issue:
1. William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke
  (and 15th Earl of Montgomery, and 7th Baron Herbert of Lea),
  succ 2003, current owner of Wilton House.
planted the Cloister Garden, in the courtyard surrounded by Wilton House, 1995,
erected the Millennium Fountain on the E lawn for 2000,
died 7th Oct 2003, age 64 yrs.

The fountain in the North Forecourt at Wilton.
This view is looking away from the house (the house is behind the camera).
An inscription on the fountain remembers the 16th Earl, erected by his son the 17th Earl.
In the distance, the N gate (the entrance gate).
Photo 2003. See full size.

The Millennium Fountain on the E lawn at Wilton. Photo 2003. See full size.

If this male line dies out it seems the title may go to the Earl of Carnarvon branch.
The Wilton estate includes the entire town and a huge area of surrounding countryside (including eight other villages).
There is a "Pembroke Arms Hotel" in the village.
Although many of the ground rents have by now been sold, the Pembroke estate in Ireland still exists, over six hundred years after their ancestors the Fitzwilliams first started to acquire land in SE Dublin, and despite independence.

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