[Born 1810. Still living.]
Half brother of the Earl of Pembroke. Was educated at Oxford. Entered
Parliament in 1832. Has been ever since a follower of the policy
identified with the name of Sir Robert Peel. From 1841 to 1845,
Secretary to the Admiralty. In 1845, appointed Secretary at War. Retired
from office with Sir Robert Peel in 1846, but became again Secretary at
War, in Lord Aberdeen’s administration, 1853. Mr. Herbert has acquired a
well deserved reputation for his benevolent exertions on behalf of the
unemployed industrious classes of both sexes.
[By Macdonald of Rome.]