George Sidney Herbert
Colonel the Hon. Sir George Sidney Herbert, 1st Baronet (8 October 1886 – 30 January 1942)[1] was an English businessman and member of the Royal Household.
Early life and education[]
George Sidney Herbert was born on 8 October 1886. He was the fourth of four children, and the second of two sons, born to Lady Beatrix Louisa Lambton and Sidney Herbert, the 14th Earl of Pembroke; his brother Reginald would become the 15th. George Herbert was educated at Eton, and then Magdalen College at the University of Oxford.[2][3]
In 1902 Herbert served as his father's page at the Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra, walking behind his father and carrying his coronet during the king and queen's procession.[4][5]
Career[]
From 1914 to 1919, Herbert served as a colonel in the First World War. Later, he served as the director of the , of Wessex Associated News Ltd, and of Western Gazette Co. Ltd. He also served as a local director for Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Co. Ltd.[3]
Herbert became part of the Royal Household in 1928, with his appointment as a Gentleman Usher to King George V.[6] His appointment continued during the reigns of Edward VIII and George VI in turn;[7] in 1936 was named an aide-de-camp to the king, and the following year a groom in waiting. As part of the 1937 New Year Honours 1937 he was created a baronet, "for political and public services in Wiltshire".[8]
Personal life[]
Herbert lived in East Knoyle, at Knoyle House. He enjoyed gardening, shooting for recreation, and was a member of the Carlton Club.[9] He was the cousin of Sir Sidney Herbert, and served along with Vivian Smith as executor for his estate upon his 1939 death.[10] George Herbert was himself bequeathed £40,000, along with a life estate to Boyton Manor Estate and £50,000 for its upkeep;[10] his responsibilities as executor also included attending to a locked tin deed box, which the will requested be "destroyed unopened by cremating".[11]
Herbert died suddenly on 30 January 1942 aged 55;[12] he had a heart attack while en route to Bath, Somerset and died at a nursing home in the city that his chauffeur drove him to.[6] He left an unsettled estate of £71,085 15s 2d, with net personalty £70,045 7s 10d.[13] After £22,075 in taxes he bequeathed £500 to Salisbury Division Conservative Association, and £250 each to a butler, gardener, chauffeur, and keeper; the remaining £41,000 he left to his mother for life, and then to the family member living at Boyton.[13] A bachelor, he left no heir to his baronetcy, which became extinct.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Sir George Sidney Herbert, 1st Bt; Beatrix Louisa (née Lambton), Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Colonel Sir George Herbert". Obituary. The Times. No. 49, 148. London. 31 January 1942. p. 6. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Herbert, Col Hon. Sir George Sidney". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U226730. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "The King's First Honours". The Times. No. 36, 843. London. 11 August 1902. pp. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021.
- ^ Harris, Russell. "Herbert, Col Hon. Sir George Sidney". The Lafayette Negative Archive. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Col. Sir George Herbert, T.D." The Western Gazette. No. 10, 669. Yeovil. 6 February 1942. p. 6. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Col. Sir George Herbert". Obituary. The Daily Telegraph. No. 27, 035. London. 31 January 1942. p. 3. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021.
- ^ "The King's First Honours". The Western Gazette. No. 10, 408. Yeovil. 5 February 1937. p. 12. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Baronetcy for Hon. Geo. Herbert". Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald. Vol. 181, no. 9161. Bath. 6 February 1937. p. 3. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Will of Sir Sidney Herbert". The Western Gazette. No. 10, 532. Yeovil. 23 June 1939. p. 11. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Box Secret in £555,000 Will". The Daily Mail. No. 13, 464. London. 20 June 1939. p. 17. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Col. Sir George Herbert". Obituary. The Financial Times. No. 16, 498. London. 31 January 1942. p. 3. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Will of Col. the Hon. Sir G. S. Herbert". The Western Gazette. No. 10, 692. Yeovil. 17 July 1942. p. 6. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021.
- 1886 births
- 1942 deaths
- Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Herbert family
- Gentlemen Ushers
- People educated at Eton College
- Younger sons of earls