Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke


The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery

Portrait by Anthony van Dyck
Born10 October 1584
Wilton House, Wiltshire, England
Died23 January 1650 (aged 65)
Palace of Whitehall, London, England
BuriedSalisbury Cathedral
Noble familyHerbert
Spouse(s)Susan de Vere
Lady Anne Clifford
Issue
FatherHenry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
MotherMary Sidney
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, in the robes of the Order of the Garter c. 1615. Unknown artist, National Portrait Gallery, London.
Quartered arms Sir Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, KG

Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery, KG, KB, PC (10 October 1584 – 23 January 1650)[1] was an English courtier, nobleman, and politician active during the reigns of James I and Charles I.[1][2] He married Susan de Vere, the youngest daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, the Oxfordians' William Shakespeare. Philip and his older brother William were the 'incomparable pair of brethren' to whom the First Folio of Shakespeare's collected works was dedicated in 1623.

  1. ^ a b "Herbert, Philip (1584-1650)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  2. ^ G. E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, pages 44 and 295.