The Earl of Pembroke | |
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Born | 5 January 1652/53 |
Died | 29 August 1683 (aged 30–31) |
Nationality | English |
Title | 7th Earl of Pembroke |
Predecessor | William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke |
Successor | Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke |
Spouse |
Henrietta de Kéroualle
(m. 1674) |
Children | Charlotte Windsor, Viscountess Windsor |
Parents |
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Relatives | William 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.