Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Pembroke
The Right Honourable; The Earl of Pembroke
	Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke
Born	1621
Died	11 December 1669
Nationality	English
Title	5th Earl of Pembroke
Spouse(s)	Penelope Naunton; Catherine Villiers
Children	4 (including William, 6th Earl, Philip, 7th Earl, and Thomas, 8th Earl)
Parent(s)	Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke; Susan de Vere

Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke, 2nd Earl of Montgomery (1621 – 11 December 1669), was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, and his first wife Susan de Vere. He succeeded his father in 1649.^[1]

In 1639, he married Penelope Naunton, widow of , and daughter of Sir Robert Naunton by his second wife, Penelope Perrot, widow of the astronomer Sir William Lower, and daughter of Sir Thomas Perrot and Dorothy Devereux.^[2]^[3]^[4] They had one child, William, who succeeded his father as 6th Earl. In 1649, after the death of his first wife, he married Catherine Villiers, daughter of . They had one daughter and two sons, Philip and Thomas. Both sons later succeeded to their father's titles. Their daughter, Susan, married John Poulett, 3rd Baron Poulett. The younger Philip became notorious as "the infamous Earl", due to his frequent bouts of homicidal mania, during which he committed several murders.

He was MP for Wiltshire in 1640 and Glamorgan in 1640–1649.

Notes[]

^ "Herbert, Philip (1584-1650)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ Lower, Sir William (c.1570-1615), of St. Winnow, Cornwall and Trefenti (Tra'Venti), Llanfihangel Abercowin, Carmarthenshire, History of Parliament Retrieved 19 August 2013.
^ Trefenty, Dyfed Archaeological Trust Retrieved 19 August 2013.
^ Roche 2004.

References[]

Roche, J.J. (2004). "Lower, Sir William (c.1570–1615)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39195. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Surveys of the Manors of Philip, earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, 1631-2, ed. E. Kerridge (Wiltshire Record Society vol. 10, 1953)

Political offices
Preceded by The Marquess of Hertford	Lord Lieutenant of Somerset 1640–1646 With: The Marquess of Hertford	English Interregnum
Honorary titles
English Interregnum	Custos Rotulorum of Glamorgan and Pembrokeshire 1660–1669	Succeeded by The Earl of Pembroke
Peerage of England
Preceded by Philip Herbert	Earl of Pembroke 1649–1669	Succeeded by William Herbert
Preceded by Philip Herbert	Earl of Montgomery 1649–1669	Succeeded by William Herbert

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[1] "Herbert, Philip (1584-1650)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[2] Lower, Sir William (c.1570-1615), of St. Winnow, Cornwall and Trefenti (Tra'Venti), Llanfihangel Abercowin, Carmarthenshire, History of Parliament Retrieved 19 August 2013.

[3] Trefenty, Dyfed Archaeological Trust Retrieved 19 August 2013.

[FOOTNOTERoche2004-4] Roche 2004.

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