George Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis

George Charles Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis DL JP (24 June 1862 – 9 November 1952), known as George Herbert until 1891, was a British peer.


The Earl of Powis

The 4th Earl inspects the troops at Royal Welch Fusiliers parade, Newtown (1939)
Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire
In office
1896–1951
Preceded byThe Earl of Bradford
Succeeded byThe Viscount Bridgeman
Personal details
Born
George Charles Herbert

(1864-06-24)24 June 1864
Mayfair, London
Died9 November 1952(1952-11-09) (aged 88)
Spouse(s)
(m. 1890; died 1929)
RelationsEdward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis (uncle)
William Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Kerry (grandfather)
ParentsSir Percy Herbert
Lady Mary Petty-FitzMaurice
ResidencePowis Castle
EducationEton College
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge

Early life

Herbert was born at Number 26, Bruton Street, Mayfair, London, and baptised at St George's, Hanover Square.[1] He was the son of The Hon. Sir Percy Egerton Herbert and Lady Mary Caroline Louisa Thomas Petty-FitzMaurice, daughter of the Earl of Kerry (the eldest son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne).[2] He succeeded his uncle the 3rd Earl in the peerage in 1891.

He was educated at Eton College and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1885 and MA in 1905.[3]

Career

After gaining of his first degree, he was employed as a civil servant in the administrative branch of the General Post Office (the GPO) in London, but resigned after succeeding to his peerage.[4]

He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire in 1896,[5] a post he held until 1951.[6] He was also a Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Montgomeryshire and JP for the counties of Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, and Alderman of Shropshire County Council. He was Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.[7]

In 1897 he served as treasurer of the Salop Infirmary in Shrewsbury.[8] In 1898 he was made Honorary Colonel of the 4th (Militia) Battalion of the South Wales Borderers.[9]

Personal life

In 1890, six months before inheriting the earldom, Herbert was married to The Hon. Violet Ida Evelyn Lane-Fox (1865–1929), the second daughter of The 15th Baron Darcy de Knayth.[10] Violet's older sister, Hon. Marcia Lane-Fox was married Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough.[11] Together, George and Violet were the parents of two sons and one daughter:[12]

In 1903, Violet succeeded her father in the barony of Darcy de Knayth. Lady Powis died in April 1929, aged 63, and was succeeded in the barony by their younger, and only surviving, son Mervyn (his daughter and only child Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth inherited the barony).[13] Lord Powis died in November 1952, aged 90, and was buried in the churchyard at Christ Church, Welshpool. He bequeathed his family seat, Powis Castle near Welshpool, to The National Trust. He was succeeded in the earldom by his cousin, Edward Robert Henry Herbert.[12]

References

  1. The Complete Peerage, Volume X. St Catherine's Press. 1947. p. 655.
  2. thepeerage.com George Charles Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis
  3. Venn, J. A. (1947). Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part II, Volume III. Cambridge University Press. p. 337.
  4. "Salopians of Note, No.XI. The Earl of Powis". The Shrewsbury Chronicle. 11 June 1926. p. 6.Newspaper profile. The employment was not mentioned in biographical reference books e.g. Burke's Peerage, Who's Who.
  5. "No. 26761". The London Gazette. 24 July 1896. p. 4207.
  6. "No. 39302". The London Gazette. 3 August 1951. p. 4167.
  7. Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1951. Kelly's. p. 1682.
  8. Keeling-Roberts, Margaret (1981). In Retrospect: A Short History of the Royal Salop Infirmary. p. xiii. ISBN 0-9507849-0-7.
  9. Mate, Charles H. (editor) (1907). Shropshire, Historical, Descriptive, Biographical. Part II – Biographical. Mate, Bournemouth. p. 7.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  10. "Conyers, Baron (E, 1509)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  11. "Yarborough, Earl of (UK, 1837)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  12. "Powis, Earl of (UK, 1804)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  13. "Darcy de Knayth, Baron (E, 1332)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by
The Earl of Bradford
Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire
1896–1951
Succeeded by
The Viscount Bridgeman
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward Herbert
Earl of Powis
1891–1952
Succeeded by
Edward Herbert
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