Sidney Herbert, 16th Earl of Pembroke
Sidney Herbert, 16th Earl of Pembroke,
and 13th Earl of Montgomery, and 5th Baron Herbert of Lea,
born 9 Jan 1906.
See
wikipedia.
He was educ
Eton.
He was educ at the "family" college,
Pembroke College, Oxford.
He researched the family history.
In 1933 he discovered a lost cellar at
Wilton House
with a large number of 17th to 19th century family letters.
He was
author of
The Pembroke Papers 1939 and 1950.
He succ as Earl in 1960.
Author of
catalog of the paintings and drawings at Wilton 1968.
He died 16 Mar 1969, age 63 yrs.
Obituary in
Daily Telegraph, 17 Mar 1969.
Memorial to him
in
Wilton parish church.
See
2023 photo.
16th Earl had issue:
- Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke,
born 19 May 1939.
The Pembroke Papers
(vol.1)
authored by the 16th Earl.
From
here.
-
Dora Gibbon letters
- Dora Gibbon
wrote to her relative the 16th Earl (the historian)
in 1960.
- Copy of letter from Dora to 16th Earl, 28 Oct 1960,
p.1 and
p.2.
- Letter from 16th Earl to Dora, 1 Nov 1960,
p.1 and
p.2.
- Letter from 16th Earl to Dora, 2 Dec 1960,
p.1 and
p.2.
- Copy of letter from Dora to 16th Earl, 7 Dec 1960,
p.1 and
p.2.
