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Monarch
  
Victoria

Nationality
  
Irish

Name
  
Henry Herbert

Died
  
February 26, 1866

Preceded by
  
Political party
  
Role
  
Politician

Party
  
Liberal Party

Henry Arthur Herbert (1815–1866)
Prime Minister
  
The Viscount Palmerston

Born
  
1815 (
1815
)

Spouse
  
Mary Balfour Herbert (m. 1837)

Succeeded by
  
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo

Education
  

Colonel Henry Arthur Herbert PC (1815 – 26 February 1866), was an Anglo-Irish politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Political career

Henry Arthur Herbert (1815–1866)

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.

Family

Herbert was the grandson of Henry Arthur Herbert (1756–1821), MP for Kerry from 1806 to 1813 and the son of Charles John Herbert (1785-1823) and Louisa Anne (née Middleton) (1796-1828). He was educated at Eton and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1835.

In September 1837, Herbert married the artist Mary Balfour, whom he had met in Rome. They had four children: Eleanor (1839-1907), Henry Arthur (1840–1901), Charles (1842-1891) and Blanche (1846-1920).

Herberts family owned the Muckross Estate near Killarney in County Kerry, and they moved there to Torc Cottage after their wedding. She 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. Herbert is buried in Killegy graveyard, near Muckross village.

References

Henry Arthur Herbert (1815–1866) Wikipedia


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