3rd Earl of Pembroke

Statue of 3rd Earl.
Schools Quadrangle, Bodleian Library, Oxford.
See full size. Photo 2005 by Steve Roe. See terms of use.

William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (see here), K.G.,
poet, gave his name to Pembroke College, Oxford,
born 8th Apr 1580, succ 1601,
mar 4th Nov 1604 to Mary Talbot,
was an investor in the Bermuda Company to colonize the Bermuda islands from 1612 onwards,
Pembroke Parish, Bermuda is named after him,
notorious womaniser, had affair post-1614 with his 1st cousin Lady Mary Wroth and had issue:

William ----, illegitimate,
settled in Ireland by 1640,
captain under Sir Henry Herbert
and colonel under Prince Maurice (also here) in English Civil War (1642-51).
Catherine ----, illegitimate,
mar Mr. Lovel, living near Oxford.

Chancellor of Oxford University 1617-30,
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury sent a congratulatory poem to Mary Wroth, "A Merry Rime Sent to Lady Mary Wroth upon the birth of my Lord Pembroke's Child. Born in the spring", seems to be spring 1620,
when Pembroke College founded 1624 it was named after him,
died 10th Apr 1630, age 50 yrs.
Mary Talbot died Mar 1649.
See Connections to Shakespeare.

Statue of 3rd Earl.
See full size. From here. Used with permission.

Statue of 3rd Earl. Detail from above.

After the 3rd Earl:
- Pembroke College, Oxford
- Pembroke Square, Oxford
There is a Pembroke Square and Pembroke Rd in London (see map).

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