Edward Herbert

Hon. Sir Edward Herbert (June 1544 – 23 March 1595) was an English politician and landowner. His aunt, Katherine Parr, was the sixth, and final, wife of King Henry VIII. Early life Herbert was born in Hendon, London and was the second son of the William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Parr, co-heiress to the barony of FitzHugh through her father and a Gentlewoman of the Chamber to Queen Catherine Howard (fifth wife of King Henry VIII). His elder brother was Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and his sister, Lady Anne Herbert, married Hon. Francis Talbot, Lord Talbot (the eldest son and heir apparent of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury). After the death of his mother in , his father remarried to Lady Anne Compton, the widow of Peter Compton and daughter of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury. His paternal grandparents were Sir Richard Herbert (a guardian of the young King Edward VI) and the former Margaret Cradock. His maternal grandparents were Sir Thomas Parr and the former Maud Green (a daughter of Sir Thomas Green). His maternal aunt, Katherine Parr, was the sixth, and final, wife of King Henry VIII, and his uncle was ennobled as the 1st Marquess of Northampton. Career After receiving his education at Peterhouse, Cambridge, he was returned as a Member of the Parliament of England for Old Sarum from 1562 to 1563. Upon the death of his father in 1569, he inherited the manor of Hendon in Middlesex, also inheriting his mother's lands in Northamptonshire and Westmorland.