William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke, 3rd Earl of Montgomery (c. 1641 – 8 July 1674) was an

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nobleman and politician who succeeded to the titles on 11 December 1669 on the death of his father. Brought up in

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, he was the son of

Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke 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 i ...

, by his marriage to Penelope Naunton, the daughter of Sir Robert Naunton, Secretary of State to

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and of Penelope Perrot, a daughter of

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and of Lady Dorothy Devereux (later Countess of Northumberland), whose parents were the famous

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and

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.William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke
at thepeerage.com His mother died before 1647, when he was a small child. In September 1658, he was granted a pass to travel overseas. He was

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for

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between 1661 and his elevation to the

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in 1669.David L. Smith, 'Herbert, Philip, first earl of Montgomery and fourth earl of Pembroke (1584–1650)' in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (OUP, 2004) After he came into his father's great estates, especially in Wiltshire and in

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, Pembroke was known to exercise a decisive electoral influence in many places. However, with the

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enduring from 1661 until 1679, he had few opportunities to wield this influence directly in elections to the

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. From 1665 to 1674, he was

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. Pembroke died unmarried on 8 July 1674 and was succeeded by his brother,

Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke, 4th Earl of Montgomery KB (1652/53 – 29 August 1683) was an English nobleman and politician who succeeded to the titles and estates of two earldoms on 8 July 1674 on the death of his brother William Her ...

, who became known as "the infamous Earl", due to his frequent bouts of homicidal mania.

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William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke, 3rd Earl of Montgomery (c. 1641 – 8 July 1674) was an English nobleman and politician who succeeded to the titles on 11 December 1669 on the death of his father. Brought up in Wiltshire at Wilton House, ...

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