Hon. Nicholas Herbert (c.1706 – 1 February 1775) was a British politician who sat in the

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between 1740 and 1774 and a member of the

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. He became the

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, of the Royal

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, in 1757.

Life

Herbert was born at Werrington, Devon, the 7th son of

Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery, (c. 165622 January 1733), styled The Honourable Thomas Herbert until 1683, was an English and later British statesman during the reigns of William III and Anne. Background Her ...

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, and his first wife Margaret Sawyer of

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, daughter of Sir Robert Sawyer MP of Highclere, Hampshire. He was educated probably at

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in 1725 and matriculated at

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on 2 December 1726, aged 20. He married Anne North, daughter of Dudley North and Katherine Yale, the daughter of

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, on 19 July 1737.'Memoirs of the North and Long families, ''Gentleman’s Magazine'' Vol 145 p207
/ref> Herbert was returned as

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for Newport in a by-election on 22 January 1740 on the Morice interest. He was returned unopposed in

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. From 1742 to 1745 he was cashier and accountant to the

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. He was returned unopposed at Newport in 1747 and in a contest in 1754 In 1756 Herbert vacated his seat at Newport and was returned in a by-election on 17 April 1757 as MP for Wilton on the interest of his nephew

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. He was appointed

to Princess Amelia in 1757. However he lost his place as treasurer when George III came to the throne and was frustrated at not being offered any other post. He was returned unopposed at Wilton in 1761. In 1765 he was appointed Secretary of Jamaica, a post he held until his death. He was returned unopposed at Wilton in

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and 1774. He is not known to have spoken in Parliament or to have voted against any Administration. Herbert died on 1 February 1775 and was buried at Little Glemham. His only surviving child Barbara married

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