Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke

The Earl of Pembroke
Philip Herbert, at about the age of eight, in the robes of a Knight of the Bath (John Michael Wright)
Born5 January 1652/53
Died29 August 1683 (aged 30–31)
NationalityEnglish
Title7th Earl of Pembroke
PredecessorWilliam Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke
SuccessorThomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
Spouse
Henrietta de Kéroualle
(m. 1674)
ChildrenCharlotte Windsor, Viscountess Windsor
Parents
RelativesWilliam Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke (brother)

Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke, 4th Earl of Montgomery KB (1652/53 – 29 August 1683) was an English nobleman and politician who succeeded to the titles and estates of two earldoms on 8 July 1674 on the death of his brother William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke.

He was prone to violent behaviour and was a convicted murderer, who has been called "the infamous Earl of Pembroke." Although the murder of the magistrate Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, which sparked the Popish Plot, has never been solved, a strong body of evidence points to Pembroke as the killer.