William Herbert (British Army officer)
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Major-General The Hon. William Herbert ({{circa}} 1696 – 31 March 1757) was a British Army officer and politician. He was the fifth son of Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke by his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Sawyer of Highclere.
Biography
Herbert entered the Army on 1 May 1722Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot (1845) [https://archive.org/stream/recordoffourteen00canniala#page/95/mode/1up p. 95]. with a commission as lieutenant in the 1st Troop of Life Guards.Sir Lewis Namier, [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/herbert-hon-william-1696-1757 HERBERT, Hon. William (c.1696-1757).] in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790 (1964).Eveline Cruickshanks, [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/herbert-hon-william-1696-1757 HERBERT, Hon. William (c.1696-1757).] in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754 (1970). In 1734 he was elected to Parliament for his family's seat of Wilton: he would represent the constituency for the rest of his life, supporting the Government. On 15 December 1738 he was promoted to captain in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and in 1740 he was made a groom of the bedchamber to the King and paymaster to the garrison at Gibraltar, offices he would hold until his death.
In 1745 Herbert was appointed aide-de-camp to the King, with brevet rank as a colonel, and in February 1747 he was made colonel of the 6th Regiment of Marines. On 1 December 1747 he transferred to the colonelcy of the 14th Regiment of Foot{{London Gazette|issue=8701|page=3|date=12–15 December 1747}} and on 27 January 1753 to that of the 2nd Dragoon Guards.Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Second, or Queen's Regiment of Dragoon Guards (1837) [https://archive.org/stream/cihm_48379#page/n136/mode/1up p. 95]. He was promoted major-general in 1755.{{London Gazette|issue=9459|page=2|date=15–18 March 1755|nolink=y}}
William Herbert was married before 1741 to Catherine Elizabeth Tewes, of Aix-la-Chapelle. They had five children (three sons and two daughters), including Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon.
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Category:British Army major generals
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Category:British MPs 1734–1741
Category:British MPs 1741–1747