Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke

Henry George Charles Alexander Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke, 14th Earl of Montgomery (19 May 1939 – 7 October 2003), styled Lord Herbert between 1960 and 1969 and often known simply as Henry Herbert, was a British aristocrat, film director and producer.

Background and education

Herbert was the eldest son of the 16th Earl of Pembroke and 13th Earl of Montgomery and his wife, Mary (a daughter of the 1st Marquess of Linlithgow) and a godson of Prince George, Duke of Kent. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford and briefly served with the Royal Horse Guards from 1958-60 before inherting his father's titles and estate of Wilton House in 1969.

Career in film industry

Herbert's first film was Malachi's Cove (a.k.a. The Seaweed Children, 1974), starring Donald Pleasence and Arthur English amongst others, but it is probably his second film, Emily (1976), a soft-core erotic film starring Koo Stark, which he is probably best remembered for. He also worked on episodes for the TV-series Shoestring and Bergerac as well as directing the 1998 film, Crossmaheart.

Family

On 20 January 1966 he married Clair Rose Pelly. The couple divorced in 1981. They had four children:

• Lady Sophia Herbert (b. 1968)
• Lady Emma Herbert (b. 1969)
• Lady Flora Herbert (b. 1970)
• William Alexander Sidney Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke (b. 18 May 1978)

In 1988 he married Miranda Juliet Oram (b. 1962). They had three daughters.

Lord Pembroke died in 2003 and his titles and estate passed to his only son, William, Lord Herbert.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Pembroke
• Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke at the Internet Movie Database
• Royal Genealogical Data page

Peerage of England
Preceded by Sidney Charles Herbert	Earl of Pembroke 1969–2003	Succeeded by William Alexander Sidney Herbert