The Earl of Carnarvon | |
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| 5th Earl of Carnarvon | |
 Lord Carnarvon, who was the chief financial backer on many of Howard Carter's Egyptian excavations. | |
| Tenure | 29 June 1890 – 5 April 1923 |
| Predecessor | Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon |
| Successor | Henry Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon |
| Other titles | Lord Porchester (until 1890) |
| Known for | Discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb |
| Born | George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert 26 June 1866 66 Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, London, England |
| Died | 5 April 1923 (aged 56) Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Buried | Beacon Hill, Burghclere, Hampshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Residence | Highclere Castle |
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George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, DL (26 June 1866 – 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English peer and aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.