Edward Robert Henry Herbert, 5th Earl of Powis TD

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(19 May 1889 – 15 January 1974)

Early life

Herbert was born on 19 May 1889. He was the son of Col. Edward William Herbert and Beatrice Anne Williamson. Among his siblings, who were later granted the rank of earl's children, Lady Dorothy Marguerite Elizabeth Herbert (wife of Hon. Robert Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, son of

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), Lady Phyllis Hedworth Camilla Herbert (wife of Martin Drummond Vesey Holt of

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family), and Christian Victor Charles Herbert (later the 6th

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). His paternal grandparents were Hon. Robert Charles Herbert (a younger son of

Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, KG (22 March 1785 – 17 January 1848), styled Viscount Clive between 1804 and 1839, was a British peer and Tory politician. He was the grandson of Clive of India. Early life Edward was born on 22 March 1 ...

and

Lucy Herbert, Countess of Powis Lucy Herbert, Countess of Powis (25 September 1793 – 16 September 1875), formerly Lady Lucy Graham, was the wife of Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis. Lady Lucy was the daughter of James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose, and his wife, the former ...

) and the former Anna Maria Cludde (only child and heiress of Edward Cludde). His maternal grandparents were

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and Lady Elizabeth Liddell (a daughter of

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). He was educated at

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before attending

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Career

Herbert fought in

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, where he was wounded. He gained the rank of Major in the

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, was attached to the Tank Corps Training Centre, and fought in the

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. He was awarded the

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and was appointed Commander of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Herbert gained the rank of

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in 1939 in the

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and fought in

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. He was appointed

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in 1945. Upon the death of

George Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis George Charles Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis GCStJ DL JP (24 June 1862 – 9 November 1952), known as George Herbert until 1891, was a British peer. Early life Herbert was born at Number 26, Bruton Street, Mayfair, London, and baptised at St Geor ...

, his first cousin once removed, he succeeded as the 5th Earl of Powis on 9 November 1952. To afford the estate duties of £601,321 (which was then $1,683,698) arising from the death of the 4th Earl, Lord Powis offered the tax collector 199 family heirlooms and sold more than 15,000 acres and gave

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to the government in order to preserve it (and reduce the tax bill by about £320,000. The family heirlooms included 83 paintings, some by

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and

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, 25 statues, and 13 tapestries.

Personal life

On 12 March 1932, Herbert was married to Ella Mary Rathborne (1890-1987), a daughter of Col. William Hans Rathborne of Scripplestown, County Dublin, and Bella Grace MacNeale. After he inherited the earldom, he commissioned Richard von Marientreu to do a portrait of himself and his wife, both completed in 1954. Lord Powis died on 15 January 1974.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 3206.

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