Henry Arthur Herbert (1815–1866)
Henry Arthur Herbert | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | |
| In office 27 May 1857 – 21 February 1858 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Palmerston |
| Preceded by | Edward Horsman |
| Succeeded by | Lord Naas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1815 |
| Died | 26 February 1866 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Colonel Henry Arthur Herbert PC (1815 – 26 February 1866), was an Anglo-Irish politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Early life
[edit]Herbert was the son of Charles John Herbert (1785–1823) and Louisa Anne (née Middleton) Herbert (1796–1828), who was the daughter of Nathaniel Middleton.
Herbert's paternal grandfather was Henry Arthur Herbert (1756–1821), MP for Kerry from 1806 to 1813, and his grandmother, Anne, was the daughter of a "Jamaican of colour" named Elizabeth Augier.[1][2]
He was educated at Eton and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1835.[3]
Career
[edit]Herbert was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kerry from 1847 until his death, and served as Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1857 to 1858. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Kerry in 1853.
In Dublin, Herbert was a member of the Kildare Street Club.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Herbert's family owned the Muckross Estate near Killarney in County Kerry, and they moved there to Torc Cottage after their wedding. Mary brought a large dowry to the marriage, and in 1839 they began construction of the large Muckross House. It was finished in 1843, shortly before the Great Famine.
In September 1837, Herbert married the artist Mary Balfour, whom he had met in Rome. They had four children:
- Eleanor Herbert (1839–1907), who married Thomas Blackborne Thoroton-Hildyard,[5][6] eldest son of Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard, MP for South Nottinghamshire.[7]
- Henry Arthur Herbert (1840–1901), who married Hon. Emily Julia Charlotte Keane, the daughter of Edward Keane, 2nd Baron Keane.
- Charles Herbert (1842–1891)
- Blanche Herbert (1846–1920).
Herbert is buried in Killegy graveyard, near Muckross village.
References
[edit]- ^ Livesay, Daniel (11 January 2018). Children of Uncertain Fortune: Mixed-Race Jamaicans in Britain and the Atlantic Family, 1733-1833. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469634449.
- ^ "Plantation Families - Hampshire Archive Trust". 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Herbert, Henry Arthur (HRBT833HA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Thomas Hay Sweet Escott, Club Makers and Club Members (1913), pp. 329–333
- ^ "Biography of Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard (1843–1928)". www.nottingham.ac.uk. The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard (1843-1928), Magistrate; son of Thomas Blackborne Thoroton-Hildyard". www.npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Biography of Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard (1821-1888)". www.nottingham.ac.uk. The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Herbert
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Muckross House: The Herberts
 | This article about a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, for a constituency in Ireland between 1801 and 1922 is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1815 births
- 1866 deaths
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- 19th-century Anglo-Irish people
- Lord-lieutenants of Kerry
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kerry constituencies (1801–1922)
- UK MPs 1847–1852
- UK MPs 1852–1857
- UK MPs 1857–1859
- UK MPs 1859–1865
- UK MPs 1865–1868
- Chief Secretaries for Ireland
- People educated at Eton College
- Black British MPs
- Black British politicians
- Irish (UK) MP stubs