Elizabeth "Kitty" Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon (13 December 1772 – 5 March 1813), formerly Kitty Acland, was the wife of
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon.
Early life
Kitty was the only daughter of Colonel
John Dyke Acland and his wife, the former
Lady Harriet Fox-Strangways. Kitty's brother was Sir John Dyke Acland, 8th Baronet (1778-1785), who inherited the
Acland baronetcy from their grandfather in 1785. After he died, the baronetcy passed to a brother of the senior John Dyke Acland, who died in 1778 of injuries received while fighting for the Crown in the
American War of Independence
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.
Personal life
Kitty and Henry's marriage took place on 26 April 1796, when the future earl was known as Lord Porchester, at
St George's, Hanover Square
St George's, Hanover Square, is an Anglican church, the parish church of Mayfair in the City of Westminster, central London, built in the early eighteenth century as part of a project to build fifty new churches around London (the Queen Anne C ...
, London. Kitty's marriage settlement included the Acland estates of
Pixton and
Tetton in Somerset, which passed into the Herbert family. Her husband inherited the earldom in 1811, and she became a countess.
Their children included:
*Henrietta Elizabeth (1797-1836)
*Lady Emily Frances Theresa Herbert (1798-1854), who married
Philip Bouverie-Pusey, and had children.
*
Henry John George Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon
Henry John George Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon, FRS (8 June 1800 – 10 December 1849), styled Lord Porchester from 1811 to 1833, was a British writer, traveller, nobleman, and politician.
Background and education
Herbert was born in London ...
(1800-1849)
*Hon. Edward Charles Hugh Herbert (1802-1852), who married Elizabeth Sweet-Escott, and had children
*Lady Theresa Elizabeth Mary Herbert (born 1803)
Kitty was preparing to go to
Ramsgate
Ramsgate is a seaside resort, seaside town in the district of Thanet District, Thanet in east Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. In 2001 it had a population of about 40,000. In 2011, according to t ...
for her health when she died at
Shooter's Hill in 1813. A death notice stated that "Hundreds whom her boundless charities and ever active benevolence have rescued from poverty and distress will shed tears of grateful sorrow..." Her husband lived until 1833 and died at his London home in
Grosvenor Square
Grosvenor Square is a large garden square in the Mayfair district of London. It is the centrepiece of the Mayfair property of the Duke of Westminster, and takes its name from the duke's surname "Grosvenor". It was developed for fashionable re ...
and was buried at
Burghclere.
[Sylvanus, Urban (1833). The Gentleman's Magazine. part I. London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, p. 463] He was succeeded by their eldest son Henry.
References
External links
Carnavon of Highclere Papers
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1772 births
1813 deaths
British countesses