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unusual facts about Herbert family



Herbert Park

The land used for the park was given to the city by the 14th Earl of Pembroke whose family name was Herbert.


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Penegoes

The house was built in 1632 for the Herbert family, and its first known occupant was William Herbert (brother of Richard Herbert, Lord of Cherbury), who inherited it from their father, Edward Herbert.

Robert Herbert, 12th Earl of Pembroke

He lived out his exile in the Place Vendôme, where he sired some seven illegitimate children, most of whom adopted the surname 'Montgomery' (as other natural children of the Herbert family had done) or ‘de Pembroke de Montgomery’.