20-530: Earl of Carnarvon is a title that has been created three times in British history. The current holder is George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon . The town and county in Wales to which the title refers are historically spelled Caernarfon, having been Anglicised to Carnarvon or Caernarvon. The traditional Welsh spelling is itself a modified form of the original name of antiquity, Caer-yn-Arfon, meaning fortification opposite
40-704: A seat on the Army Council ) by H. H. Asquith , a post he held until 1911. He was Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies between March and October 1911 and then served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries from 1911 to 1914. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1912 and in August 1914 he entered the cabinet as President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries . However, he did not hold office in
60-470: Is a British peer and farmer. His family seat, Highclere Castle , has achieved notability as the primary filming location for television series' Downton Abbey and Jeeves and Wooster . Carnarvon and his family live in part of the house, while the rest is used as a venue for hire and is also open to the public much of the summer and on some dates during other months. Herbert was born in Lambeth , London,
80-1084: Is also a historian who has written two biographies about her predecessors – the first about her husband's great-grandmother, Almina, Countess of Carnarvon , and the second about his grandparents. She is the 'godmother' for the cruise ship Viking Mars . Herbert Comte de Carnarvon - Angleterre - (Lord Porchester, 17 oct. 1780; comte de C., 3 juillet 1793) - Parti d'azur et de gueules à trois lions d'argent armés et lampassés d'or 2 et 1 et un croissant d'argent en chef brochant sur le parti Cimier un dragon ailé de sinople tenant entre ses dents une main senestre de gueules Supports à dextre une panthère d'argent tachetée d'émaux divers la tête posée de front jetant des flammes par la bouche et les oreilles colletée d'une couronne partie de gueules et d'azur et enchaînée d'azur à senestre un lion d'argent colleté d'une couronne de gueules Devise UNG JE SERVIRAY." Auberon Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell Auberon Thomas Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas and 5th Lord Dingwall , PC (25 May 1876 – 3 November 1916), who preferred to be known as Bron Herbert ,
100-607: The 7th Earl Cowper . However, it was not until 1907 that he was confirmed in the titles by the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords and allowed to take his seat in the House of Lords . Lucas was private secretary to Richard Haldane , the Secretary of State for War , from 1907 to 1908. In April 1908 he was appointed to his first ministerial post as Under-Secretary of State for War (with
120-1055: The earldom of Pembroke and the earldom of Montgomery until the birth of Reginald Henry Michael, Lord Herbert, to William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke , on 21 October 2012. The 8th Earl of Carnarvon is currently third in line to those titles. Herbert Comte de Carnarvon - Angleterre - (Lord Porchester, 17 oct. 1780; comte de C., 3 juillet 1793) - Parti d'azur et de gueules à trois lions d'argent armés et lampassés d'or 2 et 1 et un croissant d'argent en chef brochant sur le parti Cimier un dragon ailé de sinople tenant entre ses dents une main senestre de gueules Supports à dextre une panthère d'argent tachetée d'émaux divers la tête posée de front jetant des flammes par la bouche et les oreilles colletée d'une couronne partie de gueules et d'azur et enchaînée d'azur à senestre un lion d'argent colleté d'une couronne de gueules Devise UNG JE SERVIRAY." George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon George Reginald Oliver Molyneux Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon (born 10 November 1956), styled Lord Porchester from 1987 to 2001,
140-627: The Herbert Earls of Carnarvon is the Carnarvon Mausoleum, located in the park at Highclere Castle; some other family members are buried in the Herbert Mausoleum at the Church of All Saints, Burghclere . As of 2020, the heir apparent is the present holder's elder son, George Kenneth Oliver Molyneux Herbert, Lord Porchester (born 1992). The 8th Earl of Carnarvon was the heir presumptive to
160-410: The House of Commons. He married Lady Florence Amabel Cowper, daughter of George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper and his wife Lady Anne Florence de Grey Cowper, 7th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell. In 1905, their only son Auberon Herbert succeeded his uncle as ninth Baron Lucas of Crudwell (see this title for further history of this branch of the family). The Hon. Aubrey Herbert , second son of the fourth Earl,
180-627: The coalition government formed by Asquith in May 1915. Lucas also played a prominent part in David Lloyd George 's Land Campaign. Lucas served as a captain in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War . On 3 November 1916, whilst flying over German lines in the vicinity of Bapaume , his aircraft was attacked and brought down by a German fighter-aeroplane, and Lucas died of wounds whilst
200-486: The first Earl, was a clergyman and noted botanist. His son Henry William Herbert was a novelist and writer on sport. Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert , Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1871 to 1892, was the son of the Hon. Algernon Herbert , fifth son of the first Earl. The Hon. Auberon Herbert , second son of the third Earl, was a writer, theorist, and philosopher, and also represented Nottingham in
220-552: The island of Mona (now called Ynys Môn, Anglesey , in English). The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1628 in favour of Robert Dormer, 2nd Baron Dormer of Wyng . For more information on this creation, which became extinct in 1709, see the Baron Dormer . The second creation was in 1714 in the Peerage of Great Britain for James Brydges, 9th Baron Chandos . In 1719 he
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#1733085942420240-499: The second Earl, who sat as Whig Member of Parliament for Cricklade . His eldest son Henry John George Herbert , the third Earl, briefly represented Wootton Bassett in Parliament as a Tory before he succeeded his father in the earldom. His eldest son Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert , the fourth Earl, was a prominent Conservative politician and served as Secretary of State for the Colonies and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . He
260-702: The son of Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon and an American mother, Jean Margaret Wallop . His mother was born in Big Horn, Wyoming , the granddaughter to Oliver Wallop, 8th Earl of Portsmouth , who had not expected to inherit the title and moved to the American west to become a rancher. His maternal uncle Malcolm Wallop , a rancher in Wyoming, served three terms in the United States Senate . His parents were close friends with Queen Elizabeth II , his godmother. Herbert
280-520: The style of Earl of Carnarvon is used. He had previously represented Wilton in the House of Commons and had already in 1780 been created Baron Porchester , of High Clere in the County of Southampton (also in the Peerage of Great Britain). Herbert was the son of Major-General the Hon. William Herbert, fifth son of Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke . He was succeeded by his eldest son Henry George Herbert ,
300-543: Was Member of Parliament for South Somerset and for Yeovil . His son Auberon Herbert was an expert on Eastern Europe. His daughter Laura Herbert was the second wife of the novelist Evelyn Waugh and mother of the journalist Auberon Waugh . The family seat of the Herbert Earls of Carnarvon is Highclere Castle in Hampshire , which was the filming location for the UK television series Downton Abbey . The traditional burial place of
320-713: Was a Page of Honour to the Queen. He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Oxford . He succeeded to the title of Earl of Carnarvon when his father died on 11 September 2001 in Winchester, Hampshire. On 16 December 1989, he married Jayne M. Wilby, daughter of racehorse owner Kenneth A. Wilby and Princess Prospero Colonna di Stigliano ( née Frances Loftus). They had two children before divorcing in 1998: Then, on 18 February 1999, he married fashion designer Fiona Jane Mary Aitken, daughter of Ronnie Aitken and Frances Farmer; they have one son: The current Countess of Carnarvon
340-406: Was a radical British Liberal politician and fighter pilot . He was a member of H. H. Asquith 's cabinet as President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries between 1914 and 1915. Herbert was the second but eldest surviving son of the Hon. Auberon Herbert , younger son of Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon . His mother was Lady Florence, daughter of George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper . He
360-572: Was educated at Bedford School and Balliol College, Oxford . Herbert was a captain in the Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers) and worked as a war correspondent during the Boer War , where he was wounded and lost a leg. His elder brother, Rolf, had died in 1882 and his mother in 1886 and so in 1905 (as the nearest heir) he inherited the barony of Lucas and the lordship of Dingwall (which are able to pass through female lines) from his maternal uncle,
380-579: Was further honoured when he was made Marquess of Carnarvon and Duke of Chandos . For more information on this creation, which became extinct in 1789, see the Duke of Chandos . The third creation was in 1793 in the Peerage of Great Britain for Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Porchester . The precise form of this creation was Earl of the Town and County of Carnarvon , in the Principality of Wales , although in practice only
400-477: Was succeeded by his only son from his first marriage, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon , who is noted for discovering the tomb of Tutankhamun along with Howard Carter . As of 2020, the titles are held by the fifth earl's great-grandson, the eighth Earl, who succeeded in 2001. Several other members of this branch of the Herbert family may be mentioned. The Very Reverend the Hon. William Herbert , third son of
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