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 in 1649.[1]


The Earl of Pembroke
Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke
Born1621
Died11 December 1669
NationalityEnglish
Title5th Earl of Pembroke
Spouse(s)Penelope Naunton
Catherine Villiers
Children4 (including William, 6th Earl, Philip, 7th Earl, and Thomas, 8th Earl)
Parent(s)Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
Susan de Vere

In 1639, he married Penelope Naunton, widow of Paul Bayning, 2nd Viscount Bayning, and daughter of Sir Robert Naunton by his second wife, Penelope Perrot, widow of the astronomer Sir William Lower, and daughter of Sir Thomas Perrot and Dorothy Devereux.[2][3][4] They had one child, William, who succeeded his father as 6th Earl. In 1649, after the death of his first wife, he married Catherine Villiers, daughter of Sir William Villiers, 1st Baronet. They had one daughter and two sons, Philip and Thomas. Both sons later succeeded to their father's titles. Their daughter, Susan, married John Poulett, 3rd Baron Poulett. The younger Philip became notorious as "the infamous Earl", due to his frequent bouts of homicidal mania, during which he committed several murders.

He was MP for Wiltshire in 1640 and Glamorgan in 1640–1649.

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References

Surveys of the Manors of Philip, earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, 1631-2, ed. E. Kerridge (Wiltshire Record Society vol. 10, 1953)

Political offices
Preceded by
The Marquess of Hertford
Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
1640–1646
With: The Marquess of Hertford
English Interregnum
Honorary titles
English Interregnum Custos Rotulorum of Glamorgan and Pembrokeshire
1660–1669
Succeeded by
The Earl of Pembroke
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Philip Herbert
Earl of Pembroke
1649–1669
Succeeded by
William Herbert
Earl of Montgomery
1649–1669


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