Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury (24 July 1654 – 22 January 1709) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1677 and 1694 when he became

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. Herbert was the son of Sir Henry Herbert, Master of Revels to

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and Charles II. He inherited the manor of Ribbesford (near

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) on the death of his father. Like his father he served as Member of Parliament for

, from 1677 to 1679, for

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in Charles II's last Parliament and again for Bewdley from 1689 to 1694. In the latter year, the title

, which had become extinct on the death of his cousin Henry Herbert, 4th Baron Herbert of Chirbury in 1691, was revived for him. In 1697 he was

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of a

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of Horse in the Worcestershire Militia.Holden, p. 14. He was involved in the passage of the Act for better Securing the Duties of East India Goods, which extended the monopoly of the London-based

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across

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thus encompassing the whole of the new

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References

*
Capt Robert Holden, ''Historical Records of the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Worcestershire Regiment'', London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, 1887.
* * 'Parishes: Ribbesford with the borough of Bewdley', ''Victoria County History, Worcester'' 4 (1924), pp. 297–317

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