Percy Herbert, 2nd Baron Powis (1598 – 19 January 1667), known as Sir Percy Herbert, Bt, between 1622 and 1655, was an English writer and politician who sat in the

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from 1621 to 1622 and later inherited a peerage. Herbert was the son of William Herbert, 1st Baron Powis, and his wife Eleanor Percy (d. 1650). He was named after the surname of his maternal grandfather

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and belonged to a

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(i. e.

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) branch of the Herbert family living in

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. In 1621 Herbert was elected

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for

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at a by-election after the previously elected member was expelled. He was knighted on 7 November 1622, and was created a baronet on 16 November 1622. Herbert inherited the title Baron Powis on the death of his father in 1655.

Marriage and issue

On 19 November 1622 Herbert married Elizabeth Craven (bap. 1600, d. 1662), first surviving daughter of Sir William Craven (c.1545–1618), converting her to Catholicism. Their only son

William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, PC (16262 June 1696) was an English nobleman, best remembered for his suffering during the Popish Plot. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Powis in 1667 and was created Earl of Powis in 1674 by King C ...

became the 1st Earl of Powis and then 1st Marquess of Powis.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Powis, Percy Herbert, 2nd Baron 1598 births 1667 deaths 2 Herbert, Percy 17th-century English writers 17th-century English male writers