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Henry Arthur Herbert PC (1815 – 26 February 1866), was an

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politician in the

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Early life

Herbert was the son of Charles John Herbert (1785–1823) and Louisa Anne (

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Middleton) Herbert (1796–1828), who was the daughter of

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. Herbert's paternal grandfather was Henry Arthur Herbert (1756–1821), MP for Kerry from 1806 to 1813, and his grandmother, Anne, was the daughter of a "Jamaican of colour" named Elizabeth Augier. He was educated at

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and graduated from

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in 1835.

Career

Herbert was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kerry from 1847 until his death, and served as

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from 1857 to 1858. He was appointed

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and Custos Rotulorum of Kerry in 1853. In

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, Herbert was a member of the

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Personal life

Herbert's family owned the Muckross Estate near

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, and they moved there to Torc Cottage after their wedding. Mary brought a large dowry to the marriage, and in 1839 they began construction of the large

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. It was finished in 1843, shortly before the Great Famine. In September 1837, Herbert married the artist Mary Balfour, whom he had met in Rome. They had four children: * Eleanor Herbert (1839–1907), who married Thomas Blackborne Thoroton-Hildyard, eldest son of

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, MP for

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. * Henry Arthur Herbert (1840–1901), who married Hon. Emily Julia Charlotte Keane, the daughter of Edward Keane, 2nd Baron Keane. * Charles Herbert (1842–1891) * Blanche Herbert (1846–1920). Herbert is buried in Killegy graveyard, near Muckross village.

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Muckross House: The Herberts
1815 births 1866 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 19th-century Anglo-Irish people Lord-lieutenants of Kerry Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kerry constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 Chief secretaries for Ireland People educated at Eton College Black British MPs Black British politicians {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub