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.
Richard Herbert, Lord of Cherbury (died 1596), English Justice of the Peace and Parliamentarian, grandson of the above
Richard Nixon | Richard Wagner | The Lord of the Rings | Lord Byron | Herbert Hoover | Richard Strauss | Richard Branson | Lord Chancellor | Cliff Richard | Lord | Richard Gere | Richard Burton | Richard Hammond | Richard | Richard Dawkins | Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener | Little Richard | Lord Mayor of London | Richard Feynman | Richard Attenborough | Richard M. Daley | Richard I of England | Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales | Herbert von Karajan | Alfred, Lord Tennyson | Lord Kitchener | Lord Chamberlain | Richard Thompson | Richard Francis Burton | Lord President of the Council |
Sir Richard Herbert (died 1510), illegitimate son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
On 12 October 1642, together with his fellow-member Richard Herbert he was disabled from sitting in parliament, on account of their having joined the king at Oxford in the initial stages of the English Civil War.