Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury (24 July 1654 – 22 January 1709) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1677 and 1694 when he became Baron Herbert of Chirbury.
Herbert was the son of Sir Henry Herbert, Master of Revels to Charles I and Charles II. He inherited the manor of Ribbesford (near Bewdley) on the death of his father. Like his father he served as Member of Parliament for Bewdley, from 1677 to 1679, for Worcester in Charles II's last Parliament and again for Bewdley from 1689 to 1694. In the latter year, the title Baron Herbert of Chirbury, which had become extinct on the death of his cousin Henry Herbert, 4th Baron Herbert of Chirbury in 1691, was revived for him. In 1697 he was Captain of a Troop of Horse in the Worcestershire Militia.
He was involved in the passage of the Act for better Securing the Duties of East India Goods, which extended the monopoly of the London-based East India Company across Scotland thus encompassing the whole of the new Kingdom of Great Britain.
Notes
- Holden, p. 14.
References
- Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). "Herbert, Henry (1654–1709)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 26. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Capt Robert Holden, Historical Records of the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Worcestershire Regiment, London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, 1887.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- 'Parishes: Ribbesford with the borough of Bewdley', Victoria County History, Worcester 4 (1924), pp. 297–317. . Date accessed: 28 March 2008
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded byThomas Foley | Member of Parliament for Bewdley 1677–1679 |
Succeeded byPhilip Foley |
| Preceded byThomas Street Sir Francis Winnington |
Member of Parliament for Worcester 1681–1685 With: Sir Francis Winnington |
Succeeded byWilliam Bromley Bridges Nanfan |
| Preceded bySir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Baronet | Member of Parliament for Bewdley 1689–1694 |
Succeeded bySalwey Winnington |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded byThe Earl of Macclesfield | Custos Rotulorum of Brecknockshire 1695–1702 |
Succeeded byThe Lord Ashburnham |
| Peerage of England | ||
| New creation | Baron Herbert of Chirbury 1694–1709 |
Succeeded byHenry Herbert |